Lackadaisical
attitude and False promise of Chief Minister to revive Baragarh Sugar Mill
(Exposed
under RTI )
This
is an excellent case
study how the poor farmers of Baragarh are betrayed, cheated and reduced
to beggar time and again by Nabin
patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha
Dear
friends
On
21.2.2019., while addressing farmers in
a public meeting organized on “Kalia
Yojana” ( a fraud scheme and almost going
to be closed was made to woo the farmers for
vote prior to general election ) at Sohela of Baragarh
district, the Chief Minister declared
a special package Rs. 11
crore for revival
of Sugar Mill. It created
jubilation among the ill-paid employees of the Mill
who had been demanding for payment
of pending salary
of 21 months and staging
demonstration in front of assembly.
Out
of curiosity to understand
execution of declaration of Chief
Minister by officials, RTI Application dt. 18.10.19 was filed to Department
of Cooperation, Govt. of
Odisha which was eventually
transferred to the
office of Registrar of
Cooperative Societies, Odisha
seeking information about details of
employees of Baragarh Sugar Mill, special package amount sanctioned by Chief Minister for
revival of Mill, details of revival plan of State Govt.
On
8.12.19., the PIO supplied
the following information.
a.
There
are 203 employees ( both regular and contractual ) working
in Sugar Mill.
b.
The Mill
is presently running with loss
of Rs. 46.88 crores.
c.
Not a
single pie has been sanctioned by Chief Minister under
Special Package for revival of sugar mill as declared in Kalia samabesh at sohela on 21.2.2019.
d.
In
2016, the State Govt. has engaged N.S.I., Kanpur to suggest
for revival of Sugar Mill.
This Institute has suggested
to constitute Ancillary Unit required
to revive the Mill. Though 3
years have , the State Govt. is yet
to take any steps to revive
it.
It shows
how the farmers
and employees of Sugar Mill
are betrayed and cheated
by State Govt. Earlier, the State Govt. has
closed down Baragarh Spinning
Mill now has conspired to close
down Sugar Mill
against the interest
of the farmers.
But astonishingly, these farmers
caste their vote to Nabin Patnaik , Chief Minister to
come to power time and again.
As I understand , Baragarh Cooperative Sugar Mill is premier
sugar mill in western Odisha. It was established with mission
to improve social and economic standard
of sugarcane growers of the western Odisha region. Due to corruption and mismanagement , this Sugar Mill is almost
defunct. The sugarcane growers
and employees depending on sugar mill are
almost in starving condition.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 16.12.19
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