Statesman News Service
MALDA, 8 JAN: The Sabhadhipati of Malda Zilla Parishad Mrs Sabina Yeasmin, today expressed unhappiness over the poor progress report on the Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran Yojana in Malda district. She summoned the officials of the private implementing agency assigned for this project and instructed the project manager Mr. P K Banerjee to complete the project within stipulated time.
According to the ZP officials, the private agency had received the work orders eight months ago and it was asked to complete the project by October 2010. The cost of the project was estimated to be Rs 121, taken up to provide electricity to the BPL families. The private agency, however, started work in eight blocks out of 15 ones in this district.
“We need to fulfill people’s demand immediately,” Mrs. Yeasmin said. The project manager Mr Banerjee saidd that they have constructed only 2,000 polls out of 70,000 electric polls. A total of 4,432 locations had been selected under the project. Addressing the media, in presence of the sabhadhipati, the project manager alleged that workers of the implementing agency were facing resistance from the villagers.
“A section of villagers want to get electricity connection immediately but waht they do not understand is that they have to wait and will be getting connection only after some days. Such incidents took place in Old Malda and Ratua very often,” Mr Banerjee said.
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