The delay in providing jobs to the members of farmers’ families who have given land for the upcoming National Mineral Development Corporation Steel plant at Nagarnar once again gathered steam as members of Block Congress Committee raised the issue with District Collector Ankit Anand.
According to sources, a delegation of office-bearers of Nagarnar Block Congress Committee called on Anand here the other day and expressed anguish while drawing his attention to the delay in providing job to affected families. The delegation told the Collector that in the first phase also the villagers had given their land in 2001-02 but NMDC took 7-8 years in providing job to affected family members. In this phase too the circumstances are becoming the same, the delegation members alleged.
The Collector told the delegation that he was trying his level best so that affected people get the job at the earliest. However, due to transfer of Executive Director of the plant, the process has been delayed a bit. He assured the delegation that the issue would get resolved soon.
Expressing their dissatisfaction over the pace of development work taken up in the area, the delegation demanded timely action on the proposals of Panchayats and also asked Anand to approve the pending proposals of providing seed and fertilizer to farmers as also plantation in the area. Members of Nagarnar Gram Panchayat submitted two memorandums to the Collector on this occasion.