Bilaspur Narayan Nonia Column: These days the matter of sand mining is hot at the state level. The chief directed the SP and Collector to stop illegal mining and asked them to take action against the sand mafia. But, what to do.. With the sand mafia, the big sahib has to sit up. That is why illegal sand mining is on paper stopped and continues at the ground level. The officers definitely go to the sand ghat, but before reaching the sand mafia leaks the information about the evacuation of the river to the friends.
The mafia runs away before the sahib arrives. After this the sahib returns empty handed. The sahib of the department is chanting the same melody that the investigation is going on. On the other hand, the Sarpanch-panch is releasing the video of illegal sand mining. But, everything is in vain in front of the friendship of sir and mafia. The sir and the mafia are rich because of this. At the same time, the general public is troubled by the shortage of sand and inflation.
Breach of corruption in education: People greet with folded hands as soon as the teachers are named. These days only a few teachers have contributed in ending this honor. The teacher of Joint Director Department gave birth to corruption by demanding bribe in the name of appointment. There is suspicion of involvement of senior officials as it is a matter of appointment. The process is completed with the signature of higher officials. There is a saying – the piercing of the house will destroy Lanka.
On the same lines, one teacher demanded a bribe from another. To teach a lesson to the teacher who asked for money, another teacher complained to the police and died after being sent to jail. In the second case, the joint director in-charge created a sensation by wrongly giving compassionate appointment to the ineligible. The higher officials tried their best to suppress it. Eventually the pot of corruption broke out and action was taken against the then in-charge Joint Director and District Education Officer.
One day action again shook hands:
In Link Road 2, the minor driver had negligently mounted the car on the laborers working near the roadside dump material. A female laborer was killed in this. After protesting against the incident, on the second day, the corporation officials started action for the lifting of dump material on the roadside of the city and showed sympathy for the victim side. After this the Municipal Corporation and the district administration sat silent.
The responsible officer of the department, joining hands with the construction contractors, had forgotten the accident with the laborers within 24 hours. Even now, material dumps have started appearing on the roadside inside the city. On the other hand the corporation administration is ignoring it. There is no road or street in the city where building materials are not kept. Now what to say, the friendship that the officers have made from the accident.
Thirst quenching off machine: To quench the thirst of the people of the city, the corporation administration has made available the facility of tap house machine at different places including Nehru Chowk, Sims Hospital, Raghavendra Rao Sabha Bhawan. So that the general public gets pure drinking water. But, the water is not getting due to the machine being turned off for years. Machines everywhere have become just showpieces.
From Nehru Chowk to collector, corporation commissioner, divisional commissioner, SDM to high officials commute daily. Due to the red signal, they stop for some time, but no one sees the machine. On the other hand, the general public is quenching their thirst by looking at the machine and anger is burning from inside. This time there is a possibility of scorching heat too, but the officials are not bothered by the thirst of the general public. They mean the cold water of the freeze as soon as they reach the office.
Posted By: Yogeshwar Sharma