Saturday, December 14, 2019

False promise of Chief Minister to revive Baragarh Sugar Mill



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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