Friendly Cricket Match between DM Eleven vs Press Eleven

It was really exciting and privilege to participate in a friendly match with Press personnel of Nadia district. There were several incidents/ happenings which are unique and memorable in the match today. It was just 12 overs match, where DM eleven won the toss and did fielding first. DM Nadia and captain of the DM Eleven team did fielding upto 3rd over to encourage the players. Press eleven led by Shri Susmit Haldar were out at 60 runs after 12 overs. DM eleven scored 63 runs in 11 overs and won the match. DSA Nadia made arrangements for the match, which was very successful event.

Wicket keeper of DM Eleven Shri Joy Tudu, DySP got his thumb finger displaced at the start of the match, later treated by a senior Orthopaedic. Player of Press club Shri Palash Debnath also got his shoulder bone displaced and treated by the same doctor little later. We wish their early recovery.

We appreciate the gesture of Press to give us the opportunity for such a wonderful get together.

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Post Master General West Bengal Circle meets DM Nadia regarding NREGA payment through post offices

Smt Rameswari Handa PMG West Bengal was kind enough to spend two hours with Block NREGA officials, supervisory officers and ADMs, SDOs on 2nd January 2009 and facilitated a fruitful and meaningful discussion regarding smooth payment of NREGA wages through postal accounts. Salient decisions are :=

• Sufficient number of index cards and pass books have been supplied to both North Division and South Division of Nadia Postal divisions and there is no problem on this issue.
• No post office in the district shall refuse to accept cash along with payment advice if this is given against the job card holders having accounts in their names. In case accounts of 10 to 15 % of the workers noted in payment advice have not yet been opened in post office, postal department shall accept the cash and take steps to open accounts.
• GPs must deposit cash along with payment advice in the prescribed format at post office and no payment through banking instrument like demand draft or cheque shall be received.
• GPs must give priority of account opening of workers already engaged/ working under NREGA ongoing works instead of pursuing all the cases at a time, so as to ease work load at post offices.
• Pass books against pending applications at post offices shall be issued by postal department immediately. All passbooks must be handed over to account holders only, not to GPs.
• Attendance of postal officers in fortnightly meetings at block is mandatory for better understanding of the problems.
• Post offices may be opened up to five years for NREGA payments, in afternoons as per the convenience of the workers. All payments shall be made from ED post offices.