Survey on Availability of Govt. Facilities
It is rightly said that the soul of modern
India resides in its rural culture which is clearly embodied by its villages
and vernacular folk. With the objective of providing basic amenities to the
villagers of Bhangedi, located on the outskirts of Roorkee and to study the
trends in the availability and dearth in facilities to the villagers, Model
Village Cell of NSS, IIT Roorkee organised a survey on 27th October, 2013 from
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The survey was conducted under the guidance of cell
secretaries, Sukhdarshan Singh and Gaurav Verma.
The survey came out with some
eye-opening and encouraging facts. Around 60 houses were surveyed in all under
some pre-defined outlines and topics such as availability of Voter ID Card,
various government schemes, PD( Physically Disabled) Certificates, P/O( Post
Office) Accounts, BPL Cards- to name a few. From infants to senior citizens,
each and everyone participated in the survey wholeheartedly. In all 6 PDs were
found, one of them in possession of certificate but did not avail any extra
facilities because of being unaware. 7 of the villagers had got P/O accounts
and almost all eligible people of the village had their Voter ID Card. There
were around 20 APL families and almost 30 had got their BPL Cards and rest of
them were in dubious state. A major part of the surveyed population was unaware
of the various Govt. Schemes going on for them and denied any availability as
such, barring a few who benefitted from the Toilet Building Scheme, Ration Card
Scheme etc.
“The lack of knowledge and
understanding about the various ongoing government schemes keeps us deprived of
our rights and facilities”, said Deepak, a resident of the village. Sukhdarshan
Singh stated, “We would carry out such kind of surveys on a regular basis to
notice the improvement in the availability of facilities”. Thus, the survey
established as a significant step towards the transformation of the rural folk
and will go a long way in lessening the socio- economic disparities of the
villagers. That’s how, the survey came to an end with enthusiastic
participation by all of the team-members.
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