The members of the Zila Panchayat and Kshetra Panchayat have started the stir against the act of the Union Government to stop funding to the Zila Panchayat and Kshetra Panchayat at district headquarter Pauri.
The aggrieved panchayat members staged protest in the collectorate premises and shouted slogans against Central government. later the agitated panchayat members submitted a memorandum to Uttarakhand Governor through district Magistrate. The stir will continue up to January 13 and later intensify their agitation, the decision will be taken in the meeting of Panchayat members slated on January 13 at Dehradun.
Pauri Block Pramukh Association’s President Mahendra Singh Rana said that the Panchayat members are annoyed on the 14th finance commission’s recommednation that they have diverted entire fund to gram pradhan but they did not talk about Zila Panchayat and kshetra (block)Panchayat. They warned Central government, if the order is not revoked in the interest of the public and panchayat, the agitation will be intensified unless and until their demand accepted. Rana said that the meeting of the panchayat members will held on 13th January at Dehradun and in which we have invited the Uttarakhand Chief Minister to know what help state government render in this issue.
The representative of the Panchayat said to curtail the central fund to panchayat is not justified for the development of the rural areas of the state. Due to this decision of the Union government, the proposed work and scheme passed by the Zila Panchayat and Chatra panchayat has become in operative, but it will be danger to the existence to panchayat.Few members said that how they will fulfill the promises which were given during the election to the concern people of the area. The Panchayat members are determine to intensify their agitation against the act of the Union Government.