New Delhi: At a time
government is giving so much emphasis on the participation of volunteer organizations
in the national development, especially in the rural development, it is
ironical that a West Bengal based volunteer organisation
‘Tapsi Jati Adibasi
Praktan Sainik Krishi Bikash Shilpa Kendra, at Gentegory, Huoghly in west
Bengal is still striving hard to get its old glory and recognition for more
than three and half decade. This
volunteer organization was shot in to limelight
in the late 80s for
implementing 20 – point
developmental programmes launched
by the then government national wide, especially in West Bengal. As a matter of
fact, this was the sole volunteer organisation to turn that ambitious 20
– point developmental programmes into a reality across the country.
The popularity of this organisation was such
that the then Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi had assured to turn
this organization as a government under taking for better implementation of
those programmes . But due to her sudden
demise, her assurance could not be come into implementation. The governments after that did not give much
attention towards the work profile and track record of this volunteer
organization. Now the organization has
went into oblivion due sheer government apathy. It is interesting that most of
the development programmes carried out by the organization has been hijacked by
the successive governments but the organization behind those programmes was
never taken care of.
The secretary of this organization Mr. Soumen
Koley is running pillar to post since then to get its due as assured by the
government. After the formation of BJP
led government in the Centre, he met with Minister of Agriculture, Minister of
Rural Development, Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation a number
of times in this connection but no avail.
More than six thousand five hundred volunteers
of this organisation have been working tirelessly at 204 blocks of 18
district across the West Bengal way back in 1979 since its
inception solely with their own resources.
But to due fund crunch, now it is difficult to run the organization
further. So we are demanding to concern ministry to solve our long time pending
demand as soon as possible otherwise we will start mass agitation here at Delhi in favour of our demands ,said, Somen
koley
Comparatively younger and
lesser known than this volunteer organization ‘Bandhan Bank’ was recently been
given government undertaking status but this status is still a distant dream
for this volunteer organization.
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