STATE GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH IS RESPONSIBLE TO FOLLOW TIME TO TIME ISSUED GUIDELINES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ESTABLISH A SYSTEM FOR REDRESSAL OF GRIEVANCES RELATED TO SCHEMES MADE UNDER THE ACT, HOWEVER WORKS KEPT PENDING.

A RTI application was processed through BDO Jhandutta which was related to the construction of Ambulance road for village Kathuin to Gujrehda in GP Balhseena Sub Head Construction of Hume pipe culvert, where in the Technical Assistant of the department of Panchayati Raj supplied the said information and it is mentioned in the description of works that the estimated cost of the work is rupees, 2,96000/--and it is also mentioned in the details of bifurcation made by the technical staff of the department that unskilled manpower wages are calculated for rupees 34,930/-- only for which the department of the panchayati Raj working at the levels of the GP Balhseena reluctant to take work in hand and alleging the department of estimating and costing with the charges that said labour could not complete the work of the items detailed in the said scheme of the Ambulance road and the construction of the hume pipe culvert. The other works are being taken in hand by the department and the said work is not taken in hand for which approval of the department issues since very long, more over if there is any change in the schedule of quantities and the work done at the site of work that may be verified by the measurements and the abstract of cost for the quantities recorded by the Junior Engineer of the department , however there is no reason to deny the work of scheduled items prepared for the scheme which seems to be a standard drawing and the abstract of cost for the hume pipe culvert and definitely it may increase the labour components of the work done but it is necessary to follow the actual measurements of the work done and the labour components calculated after the completion of work of the structure for which said estimate has been prepared and submitted for the work to be completed by the agency of the panchayati Raj department. Being programme officer of the department the BDO Jhandutta has been apprised about the problem of the misunderstanding created by the construction agency on 21-10-2024 more over the schedule of rates are same for the items of works of every scheme and the projects under construction and there should be no hitch to prepare the deviation statement of the works for which completion certificates are also issued by the every department before final payments of the running bills. As such the  District Project Coordinator (ADM -Cum -Project Director) District Bilaspur has been already apprised about the said issue and matter on 30-8-2024 and 4-9-2024 for deciding the issue and matter of MGNREGS and do needful in the interest of justice to the people of area and community, so that pending works of Hume pipe culverts may be started in the rural areas of the required demand under public utility and completion certificates may be issued where incomplete works are kept pending without any reason of the technical difficulty, keeping in view the same schedule of rate used for the works by the panchayati Raj department however easy works are completed and some difficult type of works are not completed by the construction agencies which is not justified under the provision of schedule of rates applicable for the similar works and labour components analysed by the Technical staff of the department for their wages disbursement and calculated amount under the provision of the job card statement for the mandays generated by the each labourer.