Tap-water schemes found shut, hostel idle without power in Umaria's Pali block

Officials visited villages in Pali block of Umaria district on Friday under the Jan Vishwas programme. They inspected arrangements at schools, hospitals and veterinary hospitals. Negligence came to light at several places during the inspection by Zila Panchayat CEO Abhay Singh.

Tap-water (nal-jal) schemes were found shut in Salaiya-2, Sarwahi Khurd, Goraiya and a few other villages. CEO Abhay Singh reprimanded the Jal Nigam officials present and directed that the closed schemes be restarted soon.

When the officials reached Sundardadar village, they found that construction of the hostel building was complete, but it could not be brought into use because it had no electricity connection. The building has also not yet been handed over to the Tribal Affairs Department.

The Zila Panchayat CEO reprimanded the PIU officials over this. He said an electricity connection should be arranged soon and the building then handed over to the department concerned.

During the programme, villagers also complained about the absence of panchayat secretary Vikas Shivhare. According to the villagers, the secretary is not regularly present at the panchayat, which makes it difficult for them to get their work done. The officials took note of the complaint.