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People await clearance of pending bills
Under its flagship Swachh Baharat campaign and to maintain cleanliness and hygiene, the Union government has taken a major step of extending help to the people who construct individual toilets in their houses, especially in rural areas where open defecation is quite commonly observed.
Asifabad : Under its flagship Swachh Baharat campaign and to maintain cleanliness and hygiene, the Union government has taken a major step of extending help to the people who construct individual toilets in their houses, especially in rural areas where open defecation is quite commonly observed.
The Kerameri mandal of Asifabad district has also completed the construction of the toilets and rainwater harvesting pits as a part of the initiative by State government intending to save water especially in the areas baldy hit due to depletion of groundwater resources.
Having achieved the target, the authorities heaved a sigh of relief receiving the benefits out of the efforts made. However, they refused to honour the commitment and the bills were not reimbursed.
Going into the details, the Central government has promised an amount of Rs. 12,000 to the family which constructs a toilet in the house to encourage cleanliness in the villages. Likewise, the Telangana government had also appealed to the people to construct pits (inkudu guntalu) at a supporting amount of Rs. 4,200 per pit.
Speaking to The Hans India here on Sunday, some of the people said that though they showed lot of interest in completing the construction of toilets and pits on time, the officials have not yet cleared their bills as promised by the government.
On the other hand, they were forced to pay the labour charges as well, they lamented. In the Kerameri mandal, 20 toilets, 34 bathrooms and 5 pits were constructed in Karanjiwada.
These bill were to be paid under three equal installments to the people who have voluntarily constructed the toilets for themselves.
Initially, the officials are supposed to pay the minimum labour bills of Rs. 3,800 at the time when the construction begins, but the payments were kept not paid.
People complained that the authorities were very particular initially but started neglecting their appeal when the people demanded their payments.
As the authorities were given a task to accomplish the construction within the stipulated time, which was achieved with the cooperation of the villagers, but things turned from bad to worse when the authorities refused to make the payments giving a blind excuse of not receiving funds from the State government.
Speaking to The Hans India, Dupattabai said that she had to borrow money from her relatives to construct the toilets expecting the payments to be cleared. But, unfortunately, the payments were not made, she lamented.
Another woman, P. Dallubai said that it has been more than a year now since the construction works were completed but the amount has not been made.
When Hans India approached the EGS Assistant Project Officer in Karameri, Nagesh, he said that the bills would be cleared in a short time to avoid any further miscommunication and the issue shall be resolved in a short span of time.
