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Among the many dubious claims made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, one is announcing that the state’s sanitation cover has reached 729 gram panchayats, which have been awarded the Nirmal Gram Puraskar 2008 for eradicating open defecation. It now appears that many of these awardees were undeserving. After a letter to this effect was issued by the Secretary, Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development in December 2008, an alarmed state government dispatched teams of senior officers to verify the claims. A joint secretary from the Centre also ran a random check to discover that barely 15 kilometres from the heart of Lucknow, in Uttardhaura village, toilets constructed years ago were put on last year’s list; many existed without doors; some had no pots, while those built years ago had never been cleaned.
Field reports received in February indicate that at least 17-gram panchayats in seven districts faked their status.
The award applications made by the village heads are verified at numerous stages and travels through at least 12 levels before selection. Thus, an elaborate web of deceit was spun at various stages to ensure that non-deserving panchayats walked off with award money ranging between Rs five to Rs five lakh. More alarmingly, it means that the Rs 381.39 crore, received from the Centre for the total sanitation campaign (TSC) for construction of toilets (for households, communities, schools and balwadis) and related activities in the past year, were obviously embezzled.
Anis Ansari, UP’s Agricultural Production Commissioner who is overseeing the inquiry says, “We have launched an inquiry and will take appropriate action.” Communication dated February 2, from the office of the state’s principal secretary, Panchayati Raj, recommending action against the district project coordinators, assistant block development officers, gram panchayat secretary, village development officers and district Panchayati Raj officers indicates the level of rot. Remarkably, no official or functionary from the
Panchayati Raj department has been involved in the subsequent inquiry.
The state government’s publicity machinery has since then withdrawn the claim from posters that sing of Behenji’s achievement. That an issue close to the CM's heart has raised temperatures within the system is significant.
Though UP’s share of gram panchayats awarded for achieving total sanitation has vastly improved, it now appears that the stink raised over undeserving awardees will take a long time to dissipate.
Puja Awasthi
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Urinals have become an issue; government questioned
Among the many dubious claims made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, one is announcing that the state’s sanitation cover has reached 729 gram panchayats, which have been awarded the Nirmal Gram Puraskar 2008 for eradicating open defecation. It now appears that many of these awardees were undeserving. After a letter to this effect was issued by the Secretary, Department of Drinking Water Supply, Ministry of Rural Development in December 2008, an alarmed state government dispatched teams of senior officers to verify the claims. A joint secretary from the Centre also ran a random check to discover that barely 15 kilometres from the heart of Lucknow, in Uttardhaura village, toilets constructed years ago were put on last year’s list; many existed without doors; some had no pots, while those built years ago had never been cleaned.Field reports received in February indicate that at least 17-gram panchayats in seven districts faked their status.
The award applications made by the village heads are verified at numerous stages and travels through at least 12 levels before selection. Thus, an elaborate web of deceit was spun at various stages to ensure that non-deserving panchayats walked off with award money ranging between Rs five to Rs five lakh. More alarmingly, it means that the Rs 381.39 crore, received from the Centre for the total sanitation campaign (TSC) for construction of toilets (for households, communities, schools and balwadis) and related activities in the past year, were obviously embezzled.
Anis Ansari, UP’s Agricultural Production Commissioner who is overseeing the inquiry says, “We have launched an inquiry and will take appropriate action.” Communication dated February 2, from the office of the state’s principal secretary, Panchayati Raj, recommending action against the district project coordinators, assistant block development officers, gram panchayat secretary, village development officers and district Panchayati Raj officers indicates the level of rot. Remarkably, no official or functionary from the
Panchayati Raj department has been involved in the subsequent inquiry.
The state government’s publicity machinery has since then withdrawn the claim from posters that sing of Behenji’s achievement. That an issue close to the CM's heart has raised temperatures within the system is significant.
Though UP’s share of gram panchayats awarded for achieving total sanitation has vastly improved, it now appears that the stink raised over undeserving awardees will take a long time to dissipate.
Puja Awasthi
For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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