Helpline to Polling Personnel and others - check www.bwnpge2013.org for General Panchayat Election 2013 in Burdwan

Our web pages launched fro GPE 2013 have been very useful and liked by people during Nomination process. Now, we have decided to upload all information on different administrative arrangements and helplines for the use of all those deputed for election duties.

Interested person can get information and help on :-

• Location and contact numbers of DCRCs at Blocks where polling personnel are required to report. Contact phone numbers are available to communicate in case of any exigency.
• Transport arrangements to pick up from Railway Stations or main Bus stands to DCRCs and back after poll duty is over. Routes, timings of departure and contact persons to help are noted. There will be help counters at important halting stands/ stations.
• Medical arrangements from Primary Health Centres onwards up to District Hospital. Control room numbers of CMOH/ ACMOH at Sub division are available. In case of any emergecy, help may be sought.
• Disaster Management Teams are being deployed in all low lying areas and flood prone GPs with trained Civil Defence volunteers for rescue and relief measures. Contact numbers and names of volunteers are available on the website.
• General contact numbers of election machinery at Blocks and district are also given.
• Public information on Poll day will also be made available.

Log on at www.bwnpge2013.org

Some of the latest orders from SEC West Bengal regarding General Panchayat Election 2013

1. At booths where only ZP seat election is being held due to uncontested GP and PS seats, there will be one less polling party i.e. one Presiding Officer plus three Polling Officers in place of 1+4 at other places.
2. If any elector refuses to vote for GP or PS seats, he will not be issued ballot paper at all. That means, voter has to accept all three ballot papers and vote or keep it blank as per his choice and drop in ballot box.
3. Only one vehicle each Sub division per political party will be issued permits by SDOs for 14th and 15th July. ZP Candidates can also get permission for use of one vehicle to ply in their ZP constituency area. NO outsider will be allowed to move in an area where he is not elector. However, there is no restriction on staying in block/ district party offices.
4. Those on Ramadan fast will be given opportunity to vote on priority. Arrangements will be made for Ramadan to all poll officers from Muslim community being deployed so that they can get fruits and other food items at booths with the help of Mid Day Meal cooks.
5. Dedicated Disaster Management and Rescue Teams shall be deputed in each Panchayat locality which is vulnerable to water logging and submergence in low lying areas. Teams will have boats, tractors, rescue equipments and relief stock at their disposal.
6. Round the clock medical team arrangements at each Primary Health centres upwards up to SD hospitals shall be made by CMOH. Additional Medical Officers to be deployed in PHCs so that MO is available round the clock on 14th July morning to 16th July afternoon. Control rooms at CMOH/ACMOH level will monitor the arrangements. Ambulances attached to health units shall be available for emergency situations. No separate medical teams shall be stationed at DCRC, Sectors or other places. Medical kits are being provided to all Polling booths, sectors and DCRC.
7. WBSEDCL will ensure maintenance teams to ensure uninterrupted supply on Poll day.
8. Poll day is declared as dry day, all excise shops will remain closed.
9. Adequate security arrangements at all booths and area is being ensured. Central/ State armed forces are likely to reach district from first phase on 12th July late evening and will be deployed on 13th July in blocks for area domination and confidence building measures. All sensitive booths will have minimum two armed constable, in addition to adequate armed police at sectors covering 8-10 booths, RT mobiles, QRT teams and HRFS. Details on security arrangements are being worked out by Police authorities.

Meeting regarding Police Deployment Plan for General Panchayat Election 2013 at Asansol today

Plan for deployment of police forces in terms of orders of State Election is one of the most difficult task to be completed well in time. Once block wise number of armed police and normal police is finalised based on vulnerability mapping and other inputs, arrangements for bringing them from first phase districts, accommodation and logistics, electricity arrangements and area domination tasks can be taken up by the Police Stations/ Block. So, it is crucial to decide source and strength of forces, both State and Central at least five days before date of election so that field officers get adequate time to make arrangements.

Discussions completed for Burdwan District Police on 8th July 2013 with Observer and Police. Today, similar discussions are scheduled to be held at 12 noon at Katha Conference Hall Asansol with Asansol Police Commissionerate areas. There are 812 booths in ADCP and 3982 in BDP.

Land Revenue Officers told to organise special camps to clear mutations and conversions

Mutations and conversion of land are the most common citizen services BLLRO offices provide. In general there is always long pending applications due to manpower constraints. Today, called officers of Land and land Reforms department of all blocks and Sub divisions and told them to organise mouja wise camps to clear the backlog. Each RO has to dispose off 400 cases per month.

Learning to use Paddy Thrasher in a village at Khandghosh - interesting experience to learn from this farmer couple

Paddy thrashing on paddle thrasher in Khandghosh in 2010

Sal leaf - livelihood of tribals in Jungalmahal

 

Picture : Making of Pattals of Sal leaves and drying

 

Picture : Tribal from Tudu community in Jadabganj earns his livelihood from Sal leaf.

Livelihood of forest dwellers and tribals is mainly dependent on Minor forest produce like Sal Leaves. These tribals collects leaves from Forest and makes Pattals/ stitched leaf plates for sale in the market. It takes one day for two labourers to make 2000 plates using sal leaves, stiched by sticks. Thereafter, the leaf plates are required to be stitched using machines before these are sold in town markets.

This tribal person stated to me that he and his wife make 2000 plates in a day and gets Rs 300 wages. Family can get Rs 302 under MGNREGA provided local GPs generates enough works.

The machine used to stitch sal leaves costs only approximately Rs 7500 which adds value to the produce. This person claims that he can also use the machine and could have got more than Rs 500 wages for the work but he can't afford to buy one.

Sal making machines were supplied to different SHGs and are in use. There is need to supply more. My interaction with these tribal during recent visit prompts me to think about a larger plan for development of this sector, value addition by skill development and market linkage in a systematic manner.

Re visited Sanatan Tudu in Bonpara Ausgram1 block - Geetanjali housing completed.

In my earlier posts I narrated the story of Sanatan Tudu, tribal living in kutcha muddy house in Bonpara village of Ausgram1 block. While visiting watershed project sites on 21st February 2013 I met this young hard working man in his 40s. He told us that their family is not enlisted in BPL and MGNREGA works is the only source of family income, besides day labourer on others land. Family is landless and owns only homestead land where they live in kutcha house.  During interactions, he demanded more works under MGNREGA and a house under IAY.

 

I am happy that after this visit Bdo Ausgram1 not only sanctioned Rs 1.65 Lakhs for pucca house under Geetanjali scheme to economically weaker sections but also constructed the house in record two months time.

 

Now, Sanatan and his family has a pucca house of their own. I visited them last week and found them quite happy. They got more works under MGNREGA after our intervention. Time bound specific intervention as per needs of tribal is required in all areas.

 

 

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