The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on many families. The first wave of Kovid widowed a woman while the second took away the employment of her son. Due to this there was a craving for food in the house. For the last 8-10 days, a family living in Aligarh has not got even a grain of food. When the organization came to know about this family, it has admitted everyone to the hospital for treatment.
Potatoes kept in water on an earthen stove in a small cell and two or four utensils and very old clothes became witnesses of the poverty of the family. Neither cooking utensils nor a grain of food was found at home. In such a situation, it is clear that the family was going through a very bad situation.
This family was struggling with life from hunger for many days, but the responsibilities did not even know about it. It is thanks to a voluntary organization that gave new life to this family of 5 members and brought them in front of the society and exposed the government systems.
In the Panchayati Raj system, there is a provision to give benefits to government schemes to every family and household. For this, responsibility has been given to 6 monitoring committees in the village as well as from Gram Panchayat Secretary to ADO Panchayat-BDO. But they also probably did not understand their responsibility. Had the village committees and secretaries understood the responsibility in time, then perhaps this condition of the family would not have happened.
Villagers said- Gram Panchayat Secretary does not come to the village
When the team of Hindustan reached this village of Nagla Mandir, the villagers sat in front of them with their sorrows. Villagers said that the Gram Panchayat Secretary has not come even 5 times in the entire 5 years in the village. Nor does any search of the villagers take the news. The monitoring committee was not even known. Akash has told that after the news was published in the newspaper, the way the sensation of this secretary has awakened. By the way, if she had woken up earlier, then the condition of this family would not have been like this today.
The department that provides ration to every family is also uncontrollable
In Aligarh district, the officials of the responsible department providing ration cards and food grains to the poor sections of the people are also becoming uncontrollable. This family neither had a ration card nor had a grain of food grains in the house. The whole family was crying with hunger. But the lice have not even crawled on the ears of the officers. Even the ration dealer did not give them food grains. Villagers told that the condition of the family was very bad for 2 months.
I have come with the help of 5,000 out of pocket: Gram Panchayat Secretary
The Gram Panchayat Secretary here, Sanjeev Chaudhary has said that I have come after meeting the family in the hospital. I have come to them with the help of Rs 5000 out of pocket. Now, after reaching the village, arrangements are being made to get their Aadhar card and Antyodaya card made. Now the question arises that why did five thousand rupees come out of the pocket of the secretary only after the matter came to light? Whereas only a few days ago, when the name of the family came in the relief survey, their name was not included due to lack of account number? Didn’t the secretary then care about why this family doesn’t have an account number? Why was the village not informed about it? At that time he was fulfilling the responsibility or was he absolving from the responsibility? Now you can know it right there.
CDO Ankit Khandelwal said, ‘The administration team had reached the village. The team of SDM and BDO also went. Full support is being provided to the family. Ration card, Aadhar card, pension, Ayushman card and job card etc. will be made available regarding their eligibility. Also, to help the families, we will organize camps at tehsil and block level. Where the needy can reach and get the benefits of government schemes.
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