3 nabbed for getting Lakshmir Bhandar money illegally
The BDO lodged a complaint against Srikant Das and 11 other male persons, who were illegally receiving the Lakshmir Bhandar amount in their bank accounts.
A PMAY (Prime Minister Awas Yojana) beneficiary was yet to erect a house, yet he was disbursed the last installment six months ago, which irked the two-member central team visiting the East Burdwan villages to inquire about the status of the PMAY houses. In Memari-2, the team visited Harindanga, Durlavpara, Roypara, Paldanga villages after a brief discussion with the local BDO, Saikat Maji.
They talked to a number of ‘deprived’ villagers who allegedly were denied houses and were agitating. At local Bishnupur village, they met a beneficiary Shambhu Ghosh and asked, why was he still residing in a cottage though his last installment was cleared six months ago? Ghosh pleaded about his ailing health condition.
The two-member team of Pradumna Kar and Manoj Kumar from the Operation Research Centre, Delhi also inquired why a listed beneficiary Manjuri Mandi of Sontla village was denied a house? Some listed beneficiaries in Bohar, Harindanga area like Sushil Roy, Izazur Sheikh, Hashem Mondal also complained that their names were discarded by the local BDO.
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The BDO said that some names were discarded after verification because they didn’t have their personal land, a mandatory provision for the scheme.
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