Around 700 poor families residing on the land of a Trust located in Thakkar Bapa Ward No 9 in the state capital will be provided houses constructed under Basic Services to Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme, Raipur Collector Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi has instructed Raipur Municipal Corporation officials for speedy rehabilitation of these families.
In the Jandarshan programme held on Monday, poor families residing in Thakkar Bapa Ward 9 told the collector that about 700 poor families are living on a 14 acre land plot belonging to Madan Sadawwar Trust. However, there is total lack of basic amenities in the area leading to great inconvenience to them. On this, Pardeshi counselled them to shift to houses constructed under BSUP scheme as all the basic amenities were present near that and all the families of the Thakkar Bapa Ward No 9 could easily be shifted there. The collector instructed the Raipur Municipal Corporation Commissioner to take suitable steps for their speedy rehabilitation after consulting these families.
Mrs laxmantinbai Khute of Rajendra Nagar also told the collector that due to rains her kuchcha house has collapsed and she has no house to leave in. After hearing her problem Pardeshi instructed his subordinates to provide the lady a house constructed under the BSUP scheme.
Kota resident Samaru Ram Verma informed the collector that he was working in CCI Mandhar and retired in the year 2000 but full payment of his gratuity amount was not done. likewise, Sukhchand Dogre told the collector that his father was working as a sanitation worker in the Corporation and even seven years after his death he has not been given a job on the compassionate ground. Sandeep Yadav of village Mangsa also requested for providing job on compassionate ground as his father was a patwari and died in 2004.
Premlal Sahni of Arang alleged that even after his retirement in 2009 he has not been given pension whereas Kashiram Verma of Jawaibandha urged for correction in land bandobust papers. Pardeshi assured them of taking suitable action on their complaints.