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  • MGNREGA: After digging the well, along with paddy, now wheat and vegetable farming is also done

    MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) is providing employment to the people as well as continuously enhancing their livelihood. With the construction of private durbs, ponds and wells through the MNREGA, the irrigation is being opened with the help of small and marginal farmers. Now they are not limited to paddy cultivation alone. Along with the production of rabi crops and vegetables, it is also opening up new employment options like fisheries. Construction of dabris, ponds and wells is providing water for livelihood as well as livelihood enhancement.

    MNREGA-made well has changed the life of Mr. Samayalal Ahirwar, a farmer of village Jamthan of Vananchal Bharatpur in Korea district. After digging the well, they are producing vegetable in their farmyard. At the same time, they are also taking wheat crop by planting fence in their one acre land near Bari. Mr. Samaylal says that last year he took production of three quintals of wheat. This time too, he has sown wheat along with vegetables. Along with rice, they are also eating their own farm produce. They no longer have to buy grains and vegetables from outside.

  • MNREGA-supported life: Along with livelihood promotion, it is also developing new means of employment

    Since ancient times, wherever populations have been inhabited, ponds have traditionally been constructed as a means of water supply. The importance of ponds remains as a means of drainage and irrigation. In modern times, the importance of ponds has not diminished despite the presence of boring and tube wells in the advanced form of water resources. They are very useful in terms of rainwater harvesting and recharging of geological waters.

    Many Gram Panchayats are working with caution for the conservation and promotion of traditional water sources. The MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) is helping the villages in this. The ancient pond of the village in Kanjia of Bharatpur, remote development block of Korea district, has been deepened under MNREGA. Due to this the pond got revival, while many villagers also got direct employment. Since deepening of the pond, fish farming has also started in it. With this the Gram Panchayat has got a permanent income as well as employment for a tribal family of the village. The family is earning about two lakh rupees annually by fishing.

    Kanjia is a scheduled tribe dominated village 168 km from the district headquarters Baikunthpur. There is a very old pond which is known as ‘Bada Talab’. Situated along the main road between Beechpara and Dongaripara, the two mohallas of the village, this pond is the main means of settling the villagers. It is also the main source of drinking water for their animals. The villagers say that due to the long deepening of the pond, the water started coming down. In summer it reached the verge of drying up. The year when there was less rainfall, the pond dried completely.

  • 52,000 laborers of the district have been given employment in MNREGA

    Under the guidance of Collector Shri Mahadev Kavre and District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer, Shri K.S. In the direction of Mandavi, work is being sanctioned to give maximum work under MNREGA to the villagers in various developmental blocks of Jashpur district. In the village, works of Dabri construction, well construction, pond deepening, fencing, Narwabandhan, land leveling are being sanctioned and they are being linked to employment. At present, about 52 thousand rural people have been given employment under MNREGA. 1 Lakha has been targeted to provide employment to laborers.

    The aim of the district administration is that the local laborers get employment in their village itself and they do not have to wander away from work. For this, more works are being sanctioned under MNREGA. Water conservation, promotion works include construction of 3181 of Dabri construction, well construction 1168, Naveen pond 414, pond deepening 251, construction of alley plug 867, brush hood 1511, boulder check 930, Gabion 78 works under Narva program In which 6356.943 hectare area has been expanded in the irrigation area.

  • Support and collective efforts from MNREGA changed the condition of five farmers

    Some farmers of Gram Panchayat Lai of Manendragarh development block of Koriya district thought of doing mass farming this year before monsoon. Everyone planted a tomato crop with great enthusiasm. The plants grew, before the weather hit and the entire crop was destroyed. In the unsuccessful attempt of this collective farming, the deposits of these farmers were completely wasted. Due to all the ruin in one stroke, these farmers faced a huge economic problem. Now they had neither the option of further farming nor any saving capital, with the help of which they could try again.

    However, the farmers did not give up and in such a situation the MNREGA scheme became the support of these farmers. Under this scheme, he was sanctioned the collective fruit plantation intercourse lemongrass, sweet potato cultivation work, which helped him get rid of his debts. At the same time, now they have started getting benefits from this agriculture. In this work, they have benefited about two lakh rupees in the first six months only from the established maternal nursery of fruit plants. These farmers have supported their economic progress and plan to buy a tractor soon.

    This story of bringing change through collective efforts started with the mutual conversation of five simple farmers of the village and the urge to move forward. Among these farmers, Parasram Bhaina, Sonasay Pando, Haridas Vaishnav, Santosh Kumar Yadav and Mohammad Sattar negotiated among themselves to form a large-scale farming action plan. However, after the loss of tomato crop, these farmers decided to start a new livelihood, in which they were assisted by the Gram Panchayat and the Krishi Vigyan Kendra of the district.

  • Strike by Secretary and Employment Assistants impacting MNREGA and other work in Gram Panchayats

    In Bhopalpatnam block of the district, the strike of the secretaries regarding regularization continues for the tenth day. The same Employment Assistants are also sitting in strike on the sixth day regarding their regularization and fixation of pay scales. Many women secretaries and employment assistants were also seen to play their part in the striking employees and were very angry with the government’s indifferent attitude. Panchayat secretaries said that since the posting, we have been sitting on the dream of governmentalization and many employees of other departments were successful in getting the demands from the government, including their regularization, in front of us, but after the BJP government, the secretaries in the Congress government also The attitude of the government has been indifferent and not even one demand has been fulfilled till date. But this time we will not back down and will come back to work only after fulfilling our demands from the government.

  • Ramri gets irrigation facility due to construction of Dabri: Government’s help under MNREGA

    Due to the construction of Dabri, Shri Ramu Kumetti no longer has trouble in giving water to the crops and the crop is also being produced well. Which made their economic situation strong. Under the MGNREGA scheme of the government, Shri Ramu Kumetti constructed the dabari in the village palki of Narayanpur district. The livelihood of Shri Ramu and his family is entirely dependent on agriculture. Prior to the construction of Dabri, Shri Ramu did not have irrigation facility, he was dependent on rainwater for years, which reduced the crop production in the field. Presently, due to the availability of irrigation facility with the construction of Dabri, the paddy crop has increased.

    Describing the situation before the construction of Dabri, Shri Ramu said that before the construction of Dabri, there was no rain water in his land, due to which there was no good crop. Today, the crop in the present-day land has grown after the construction of Dabri. Due to which water conservation has taken place and the water level of the land has increased.

  • Sampath creates a story of prosperity with MNREGA

    Working people create the story of prosperity by finding the right path and resources. Shri Sampat Singh has one such family in Pipariya of Korea district, moving towards prosperity. This family, which has been in the line of unskilled labor for the maintenance of the family after Kharif farming, has got the means of water harvesting in the form of Dabri from the MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). The way itself has changed.

    The family of Shri Sampat Singh of Pipariya village of Manendragarh development block is no longer worried about employment in the months following the rains. After getting a small water supply from MNREGA, his family is on the path of economic progress. After making Dabri, they took twice the yield of paddy, and now they are growing income by cultivating tomato and chilli along with potato in their garden.

    The family of Mr. Sampat Singh consists of four members including mother Mrs. Mankunwar, father Mr. Budhu Singh and wife Mrs. Sunita. Regarding construction of Dabri in his farm, Mr. Sampat says that there is a total of eight acres of agricultural land in the village named after his father, out of which four acres are adjoining the house. Due to lack of means of irrigation, the entire land was irrigated. Since his uncle and other farmers in the village became Dabri in the fields, his change in farming and life inspired him to make Dabri in his farm. With the help of the Gram Panchayat, Dabri has been built in their field from MNREGA. They are preparing to plant wheat as a rabi crop this year due to Dabri.

  • Strengthened sustainable means of income by directly employing rural workers

    Under the MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) in Chhattisgarh, more than 100 days of employment has been provided to one lakh 21 thousand 740 families so far in the current financial year 2020-21. Chhattisgarh ranks sixth in the country in providing 100 days of employment to the maximum number of families. With the convergence of schemes of MNREGA as well as other departments under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel, their livelihoods are being provided along with providing employment to rural laborers. Apart from direct employment through MNREGA, their sustainable means of income are being strengthened.
    According to the information received from District Panchayat Janjgir, about 3 lakh 263 thousand laborers of 1 lakh 63 thousand 500 families have been given jobs in the district so far this year under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Under MGNREGA, more than 49 lakh man days have been created and wages worth Rs 91 crore 33 lakh have been paid. This year 3793 families have been given 100 days of employment in the district. 100 days of employment provided to 17 families holding forest rights. Construction of 720 concrete platforms has been approved in the Paddy Procurement Centers under MNREGA convergence, out of which 711 works have been completed. In the financial year 2020-21, 26 new panchayat building works have been sanctioned in the district, out of which 16 works have been completed and 10 works are in progress. In the financial year 2020-21, 602 works of pond deepening, 40 works of private dubri construction and 79 works of new pond construction are being approved in the district.

  • 15 thousand new workers got help due to capacity employment in MNREGA

    Returning home to migrant workers during the Corona epidemic was nothing short of a daunting challenge, at the time also posing an employment crisis for workers. The Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme became the support of the workers in this difficult time. It is noteworthy that according to the report of the month of September, the state has got first place in providing 100 days of employment to the maximum workers in Korea district.
    At present, there are one lakh 12 thousand 631 registered labor families in Korea district who have been issued the job card. 2 lakh 25 thousand 10 workers are registered as female and male unskilled laborers. During the lockdown, a total of 6 thousand 932 families in the district have been added under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA on the basis of their need and demand within three months. In these issued job cards, 15 thousand 731 workers have been added. During the three months of the lockdown, 80 thousand 833 families demanded work under MGNREGA, demanding work.

    Giving information about the job cards and the employment opportunities provided to the workers who came back to their homes under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, CEO Zilla Panchayat Tulika Prajapati informed that all the returned workers on the instructions of Collector Shri SN Rathore On completing the quarantine time, a free job card was provided on the way home. Also, unskilled labor was also provided by them on demand of work. During the crisis period, 3067 laborers were given job cards and unskilled labor opportunities in Panchayats under Baikunthpur district panchayat, headquarter of Koriya district from March to now. In this way, 1175 in Manendragarh district, 948 in Kharagwa, 1033 families under Bharatpur district panchayat and 709 labor families of Sonhat district panchayat have been provided employment opportunities in their own villages by giving job cards of MNREGA.

  • Conservation of wildlife by planting trees on the deserted hill

    To see how MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) is playing an important role in saving the natural resources, ecosystem and water, forest and land, it is enjoyable to see the bears playing among the trees grown on the mountain of Masania. The scene should be interviewed. With the convergence of the schemes of the MNREGA and the Forest Department, not only the mountain has been covered with trees, but several check-dams have also been made for water conservation. The unique example of strengthening the co-existence of human and wildlife with human efforts is the work done by the MNREGA and the Forest Department in the mountains of Masania and its surroundings.

    Until a few years ago, there was no trace of greenery on the Masania mountain adjacent to the village of Masniakala and Masniakhurd of Sakti development block in Janjgir-Champa district. Desperate from trees and plants, there was lack of food and drink on this hill, then bears and other wildlife came to the village. As a result, bears and villagers started to come face to face again and again, sometimes the bears were injured. Due to hunger, bears also started harming crops. Due to this, fear started prevailing among the villagers and they started looking for a way to get rid of this problem. The villagers discussed among themselves and planned to preserve the bears in the mountain and forest itself. It was considered to plant saplings in the Masniakala Gram Panchayat and the dependent village of Masniakhurd so that the bears get food in the forest itself and do not come towards the village. For this, with the convergence of schemes of MNREGA and Forest Department, the way of planting trees on the mountain was taken out. In the year 2017-18, the plan for the next five years was prepared and implemented. Mixed plants were planted on about 25 acres of land, which included 25 thousand saplings of teak, doom, khamhar, berries, mangoes, bamboo, shishu, arjuna, casiacemia and plum.