COVID Assistance for Construction Workers in Odisha

Special Financial Assistance to BOC beneficiaries under COVID-19

Dear friends

In view of declaration of State Government  to  provide  COVID assistance  of Rs. 1500.00  to registered  construction  workers  in Odisha,  RTI Application was  filed  to  the PIO, office of Odisha Building & Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board  (OB&OCWWB), Bhubaneswar  seeking information about details of  fund released  to different  districts for  payment to the construction workers. On 8.7.20., the PIO supplied  the  following information.

Sl.No	Name  of the Labour  district	No. of active BOC beneficiaries	Amt. sanctioned (In Rs.)
1	2	3	4
1	Angul	31,824	4,77,36,000.00
2	Balasore	63,430	9,51,45,000.00
3	Baragarh	1,01,206	15,18,09,000.00
4	Bhadrak	68,980	10,34,70,000.00
5	Bolangir	55,435	8,31,52,500.00
6	Boudh	43,427	6,51,40,500.00
7	Chhatrapur	66,519	9,97,78,500.00
8	Cuttack	1,87,531	28,12,96,500.00
9	Deogarh	35,004	5,25,06,000.00
10	Dhenkanal	71,137	10,67,05,500.00
11	Gajapati	36,180	5,42,70,000.00
12	Berhampur	76,313	11,44,69,500.00
13	Jagatsingh Pur	45,673	6,85,09,500.00
14	Jajpur	56,189	8,42,83,500.00
15	Jharsuguda	30,424	4,56,36,000.00
16	Kalahandi	41,428	6,21,42,000.00
17	Kandhamal	75,182	11,27,73,000.00
18	Kendrapara	95,431	14,31,46,500.00
19	Keonjhar	91,958	13,79,37,000.00
20	Khorda	1,59,557	23,93,35,500.00
21	Koraput	57,361	8,60,41,500.00
22	Malkangiri	28,123	4,21,84,500.00
23	Mayurbhanj	77,267	11,59,00,500.00
24	Nabarangpur	45,157	6,77,35,500.00
25	Nayagarh	39,036	5,85,54,000.00
26	Nuapara	71,968	10,79,52,000.00
27	Puri	59,727	8,95,90,500.00
28	Rayagada	45,928	6,88,92,000.00
29	Samalpur	29,707	4,45,60,000.00
30	Subarnapur	60,841	9,12,61,500.00
31	Sundaragarh	1,12,220	16,83,30,000.00
32	Talcher	42,333	6,34,99,500.00
	Total	21,02,496	3,15,37,44,000.00

Sarbeswar Behura

M- 9437459949

Date- 21.7.20

Fund allocation and Utilisation under BPJY and IAY/PMAY-G

Fund allocation and Utilisation under BPJY and IAY/PMAY-G

• ·         Information prepared and  provided by the PIO has been made to be confused.

• ·        Difficult to understand  how much fund is really budgeted  under BPGY.

• ·        Two Schemes were amalgamated to project construction of all  houses  under BPGY ignoring Central Schemes and giving all credits to State Govt.  , though allocation and utilization of  fund under BPGY is very less.

• ·        Declaration of the Govt for construction of  highest number of houses under BPJY  prior to 2019 election was  made by bringing  all funds under BPGY, ignoring allocation  of Central fund  and  construction of houses under PMAY. 
•  Central Scheme was manipulated and amalgamated with state scheme to take all credits for providing houses to the poor and accordingly propaganda was organised to get votes for election-2019.

Dear Friends

On 21.5.20., RTI Application was submitted to the PIO, Dept. of Panchayat Raj , Govt. of Odisha  seeking information about  details of  fund  sanctioned  and utilized  for Biju Pucca Ghara Yojana and IAY/PMAY-G. On 21.6.20., the PIO provided  the  following information.

Fund allocation and Utilisation under Biju Pucca Ghara Yojana and IAY/PMAY-G

                                                                                                                                                                       ( in lakhs)

Year	Fund allocation under BPGY	Fund utilization under BPGY	Fund received under IAY/PMAY-G			Fund utilized  under IAY/PMAY-G
2015-16	70000	47611.65	70154.488	46769.66	116924.148	198165
2016-17	70000	40291	311871.52	207914.34	519785.86	131558
2017-18	537304	60267	263987.79	175992.47	439980.26	597682
2018-19	359234	81014	329032.42	216216.35	545248.78	489429
2019-20	507167	35880	280242.87	186828.58	467071.45	554650
2020-21	396200	7440	0	0	0	45291

Note- From 2017-18 onwards , Budgetary provision is made  under one head  i.e., PMAY(G)-BPGY(CSS)

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-8.7.20

FIR filed against BMC Commissioner for violating COVID Guideline

FIR  filed  against  BMC Commissioner  for  violating COVID Guideline

Bhubaneswar:7.7.20,  Mrs. Sanjukta Panigrahi, Social Activist and member of  Civil Society  filed  FIR in Capital police station  against Sri Premchand  Choudhur, BMC Commissioner  for  violating  COVID guidelines  of the Govt.  She has stated  that  the  Govt.  has  restricted  public  gathering, public movement, public transport   during COVID shotdown   in Bhubaneswar  in  every  Saturday  and sun day  of  a month in   as per  COVID guideline.  But Mr. Premachand Choudhury , BMC Commissioner conducted  series  of interaction  and  meeting  with  senior  citizens in different  places by ensuring their  gatherings  in different  parks  of Bhubaneswar. As  the senior  citizens are  quite  vulnerable, the  hon’ble  Chief Minister  has  advised  them  not  to  come out  from their  homes  and stay  safe. But astonishingly, Mr.  Choudhury who has been  appointed  to  enforce  and monitor  COVID guidelines in order  to contain spread of Corona Virus,  blatantly  violated  Govt.  guideline during shot down and posed serious threat for spreading of the COVID -19 virus and endangered public life mostly life of senior citizens. Any kind of gathering / congregation of more than seven persons  are strictly prohibited  as per clause 8 ( e ) of  the Govt. order, stated  in FIR.

Smt. Panigrahi  has requested  the  police  to conduct an inquiry   and   take legal action against  him. 

Along with Smt. Panigrahi,  Sri pradip Pradhan, srikant Pakal, sudhir Mohanty and Pratap sahu  were  present  there.

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Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482