Source: The Sangai Express
Tamenglong, February 21, 2010:
The district administration has continued to scan the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, NREGS in Tamenglong district going from door to doors collecting data�s without informing the Village Authority.
The inspection and social audit was done at Tamenglong village today.
Apart from collection data�s C Arthur W, IAS, Sub-Divisional Officer/Programme Officer, PO NREGS Tamenglong also conducting social audit together with the job card holders continued from village to villages.
During the visiting to some villages in Tamenglong Bock, C Arthur W, IAS, Sub-Divisional Officer/ Programme Officer, PO NREGS also inspects the works taken up under the Material Component, MC like slap culverts, water tanks and returning walls.
During the inspection to some villages it is found that job cards were all kept at Village Authority Chairman.
It is also learnt that the job cards holders did not know about the actual wages of their labour per day.
Many job card holders did not know about the works orders and sanction amount of moneys for MC too.
During the social audit SDO Tamenglong advised the job cards holders to know about their rights and responsibilities.
Also advised to hold social audits after every works complete adding that no one should deduct the wages.
C Arthur W, IAS SDO Tamenglong also said the social audit is not meant to come together and fight among you but to know about the NREGS and if anything that is not satisfy you come to the office during office hour.
Social Audit with SDO Tamenglong on the chair was appreciated by the job cards holders as they know more about the schemes.
The details reports of data�s collected from the job cards holders from different villages are yet to be furnished by the concern authority till today as collecting is still under process.
It is learnt that in some villages the works quality and sanction amount of wages are not satisfactory when comparatively.
It is also revealed that with the arrival of the NREGS many inter village road has become jeeps able from the foot path and trucks able roads from the jeep able road.
And water tank has been coming up in many neibours.
It also revealed that while the schemes are here the Village Authority Chairmans and Secretaries as well as the job cards holders should be more sincere and transparency.