Posted on : 01-01-2010 | By : admin
By Sadaket Malik
India is striving to achieve the slogans like of “Health for All Food and Water for All, the government has had claimed progress and achievement of such programmes in rural areas, but when one go deep in the rural areas, the picture exposes the claims of the authorities as there are thousands of areas without health facilities, food, water and basic amenities.
The schemes of e-revolution and e-governance seemed futile and unimplemented. The technology is urban centered and government after all failed to achieve the programme of Food for All, Health for All and Electricity for All and Water for All.”
Bhalessa is settled in rural most realty of the state. Bhalessa is digit of the most far and outback parts of Doda. Straddling the about with Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, which exposes the claims of the successive governments as the area lacks facilities like of the health, water and food even authorities failed to supply food on important festival’s like of Eid and Deepawali. What to speak of the transport, that too is at had hit as people are not in a position to travel due to inefficient transport facilities on the eve of such grand festive.
It is worth to note here that Bhalessa is a home of Union health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad but witnessed complete shortage of food, health and basic amenities like water and electricity on the eve of very recent Eid ul Azha.
Amidst Eid festival, the ration depot seemed empty of any of the items to be supplied by the state food and supplies department. No departmental team seemed flying to finalize ration facility arrangements in the area and people celebrated EID with routine dry food. “The sugar and rice being provided by the so called department remained unsupplied. There also seemed frequent power cuts in a routine manner leading the people to live a tough life.” lashed Mohammed Alyas Batt, a local sarpench.
Locals complain that the nearest offices of the food and supply are not coming unto the expectations of the poor people as people living bellow the poverty line (BPL) are at hard hit as they have not received food items yet.
The area lack facilities like of health in uppercase hamlets as the area is without any efficient health facilities.
Previously, emphasis were laid by the former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and local MLA Mohammed Sharief Niaz in improving and extending the electricity, and basic amenities, but area at this juncture faces acute shortage of all such schemes.
At Present power receiving station at Tawai changa commissioned before three years by the then Minister for Power Mohd. Sharief Niaz. This is the only power receiving station in the area which supplies power to nearby villages. But no efforts were made to remodel it for generation of additional power. However the area is witnessing frequent power cuts leading the people to live a tough life.
The concerned departments are reluctant to act and people in the upper reaches of Bhalessa continue to suffer on account of the poor supply of electricity rice, wheat and sugar.
With regard to the health sector, the area lacks Genealogists & Pediatricians and people especially women & children have to suffer a lot.
If the government at the centre adopt a plan and a strategy of proper share to the rural areas and provide basic amenities to the people like of Bhalessa, I think the slogan of reaching the unreached can be solved at large otherwise the country can loose another century to get developed.
The local people of Bhalessa have expressed resentment for inadequate amenities in the area and have threatened to come on roads and streets against the perspective authorities reluctant to act.
Sadaket Malik is Social Activist and Writer. He has conducted village survey of the area for gauging basic facilities in Bhalessa. He can be contacted at sadaketmalik@rediffmail.com
Sadaket Malik is a freelance columnist based in Bhalessa Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/politics-articles/bhalessa-exposes-tall-claims-of-successive-governments-1650665.html
