Saturday, October 27, 2007

The problems we face..

AREAS OF RELATIVE NEGLIGENCE SHOWN TO
KENDUJHAR DISTRICT


INFRASTRUCTURE


Roads:
1. NH 215 : The sorrow of kendujhar
2. NH 06 : Deficient design of Baitarani bridge, and Kanjipani Pass
3. All 25 minor and 8 major bridges on NH215 of pre-independence vintage
4. Bye Passes of urban settlements planned, would reduce accidents drastically
5. KIDCO road is story of non-cooperation of all involved parties
6. Rural roads is a cake of non-delivery iced by corruption and irregularity
7. PWD roads, the less said the better
8. Revival of old roads: Suakati-Bonai, Naranpur-Kamakhya Ngr, Dubna –Daitary
9. Anti-Naxal road (Motu-Ranchi) continues to be in the air only
10. No one listens to NH6 Connectivity to bye pass the Kolkata-Mumbai traffic from the heart of Kendujhargarh town

Railways
1. Doubling the line to multiply freight traffic revenue many fold
2. Banspani-Bimalgarh, and Kendujhar-Badampahar link should network the support for metallurgy industry
3. Passenger trains: A dream of Kendujhar for over 30 years

Irrigation
1. Kanupur Project: 40 months after 3rd foundation stone, not one family is shifted even from villages on Dam axis where the Techical work is to begin
2. De project left canal for our sensitive Saharpada appears to be dumped.
3. Rengali Project: Only left canal is left out because, it is for Kendujhar
4. Bore well irrigation is discarded for the whole of Kendujhar: nature’s curse, or Govt apathy?
5. Water Harvesting: Ideal for our hilly terrain, but simple science has been discarded in favour of massive mal-practice
6. Bhimkund Project: Irrigation need should be redesigned to cause minimum submergence and consequent RR problems

Airport
1. The landing strips at Bhadrasahi, and Raisuan to be proper airports with runway length expansion, minimum electronic and night landing facilities

Telecom
1. Facilitating fair competition by Govt should improve services drastically

Financial Institutions
1. Current trends of the banking sectors to transfer resources to metrocentres should be restrained
2. Credits to rural sector to create employment should be more bold and innovative

HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Health
1. Vacancy: A total of 46 vacancies of doctors, mostly in rural PHCs & CHCs
2. Medical College: A laudable effort by our MLAs is not impossible in our rich district, but we suggest a more modest beginning in

a. Malaria & Leprocy research & extension centre
b. College for Nursing & medical assistants
c. Pharmacy Institution
d. All out offensive against malnutrition, IMR, Primry Delivery Death, etc through public awareness movement

Education
1. Technical:
a. ITIs in each block as promised
b. Half of non-performing schools to be converted to Tech Schools
c. OSME: Diploma branches to be expanded
d. OSME (Degree Stream) in the new campus to be raised to the level of a National Institute of Earth Sciences
e. Agriculture and allied Sciences College for north Orissa to be located in the existing OUAT campus & Infrastructure

2. Higher Education : College level education is in total shambles in the whole of Kendujhar, including in the premier DD College
3. Primary Education: The roofless schools and teacherless study needs a closer look

SOCIAL ASPECTS

Environment
1. 115 mines, 24 Sponge Iron units, Over 225 iron ore crushers, and around 20,000 trucks daily on NH 215 alone, and any number of road side ore dumps, tell only half the story of our misery
2. Pollution of our Air, Water, Soil, physical harm to our animals plants, crops and wild life are turning out to be endemic
3. Social pollution of our rural folks completes the story
4. The regional office of SPCB is functioning only as a pollution clearance agency

Forests
1. 33,000 Ha of ML area in the western hills of Kendujhar, has only about 16,000 Ha of forest land, appears to be doubtful for the citizens
2. Why only about 9000 Ha of Forest dereserved brought only Rs 19 Crores as Compensatory afforestation is not understood
3. Why only 15% of the amount collected is sanctioned for plantation in KJR
4. Denudation of our proud hard wood forests is irreversibly total

Urban Chaos
1. Master plan for Kendujhargarh expired last year, and no new plan in sight
2. Master plan for Joda-Barbil made by IIT, Kharagpur is gathering dust
3. Growth with encroachment is the story of our chaotic urban development. Our urban life is a story of choked drains and transit systems

Law and Order
1. Largest bank robbery in the history of Orissa, Daring day light murder of a petrol pump owner, shooting in public place in the murder attempt on our own MLA, kidnapping for highest ever ransom of Rs 2 Crores, Over1100 deaths by road accidents in 4 years in the most jammed roads of the nation are only the symptoms of the deeper malady of our poor law and order situation.
2. Left extremism is already at our door step

Panchayat Raj Institutions
1. In Kendujhar, PRI is an instrument of poor delivery compared to the rest of Orissa

ECONOMIC PROGRESS

Industrialisation
Poor Labour Relation
Agriculture and allied activities

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