Cong doubts govt intent in dealing NSA applications

Raipur, November 28, 2012

Congress has expressed its suspicion over government’s intention in dealing applications it received during nagar suraj abhiyan (NSA).

“The NSA was mere deception. The government never aimed to benefit people through it. The outcome of gram suraj abhiyans (GSAs) is widely known. Despite receiving massive amount of applications through GSAs, it dealt only a few while the problems of villagers aggravated further. The urban applicants should not hope much from the NSA as they would not get positive response,” said Congress spokesperson Sushil Anand Shukla.

“To pretend that it is seriously pursuing every complaint, the government says it will upload status of applications in its official website – http://cg.nic.in/nagarsuraj/, but the information it is providing is vague as was in case of GSA applications,” he alleged.

“Merely by forwarding the applications to relevant departments the officials claim in the website that they have solved the problem. The chief minister Raman Singh had said that applications would be dealt immediately during NSA but the game of stalling action of complaints have begun now,” he charged.

“The government had received 395589 applications during GSA. It said the updated status of complaints could be fetched from its official website - http://cg.nic.in/gramsuraj/. This website informs that 6967 demands out of 38799 were fulfilled while remaining 31832 are pending. Similarly, 5260 complaints out of 32985 have been solved while rest 27725 are pending. The government has received 208659 applications during NSA and it is likely to adopt GSA method to deal them,” he said.

“During GSA, the CM had made 293 announcements, initial formalities of commencement were done for 164 declarations but none has come to practical reality yet,” he added.

He said the ruling party threw the entire government machinery to simply collect applications during NSA, but not to take positive action on them.

He pointed that majority of the people wanted to give application pertaining to BPL card during NSA but either the ministers or government representatives did not accept such applications or refused to give receipt against such complaints.