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Report of the Social Audit on NREGS, Orissa of Pandasguda panchayat 1

CONTENT

Topic Page No

About the Gram Panchayat 2

Public Meeting of Social Audit 2

Project wise reports 5

Project wise reports

Construction of road from Lokiguda to Sindhimunda 5

Construction of road from Lokiguda to Sindhimunda 9

Construction of road from Jadabandha to Jhankarguda 11

Panelist Note 16


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REPORT OF SOCIAL AUDIT OF PANDASGUDA GRAM PANCHYAT

About the Gram Panchayat

Pandasguda Gram Panchayat comes under the Boriguma block of Koraput district. The Panchayat consists of 6revenue villages and 6 helmets namely

1. Pandasaguda2. Rengaliguda3. Paraja Guda4. Bada Paraja Guda5. Jani Guda6. Gundri Guda7. Jhankra Guda8. Jadabandha9. Biriguda10. Guchhaguda11. Luiciguda12. Pujari Guda

The entire GP has about 883 House Holds out of which 118 house holds belongs to SC category, 649 house holdsbelongs to ST category , 46 house holds belongs to OBC category and 46 house holds belongs to general category.

A process of social Audit has been initiated from 22 st January 2008 with the help of 13 trained volunteers hailing fromdifferent NGOs of Orissa. During the process volunteers undertook a house hold survey across the Panchayat. Themain objective behind this survey is to collect information at the same time create awareness among the villagers. Italso helped to find out problems and prospects under NREGA.

The volunteers took enormous pain to sensitize the villagers on various aspects of NREGS through various processeslike organizing village meetings, distributing leaflets to every house hold, and also songs and slogans. All the findingsof the team shared in the social audit meeting organized on 31 st of January 2008.

Public Meeting of Social Audit

Date: 31stJanuary 2008Place: Pandasguda

The Social Audit team had made effort to communicate the legal provisions related to registration, work demand,unemployment allowance, worksite facilities during the process of household survey and village meetings. Villagerswere also given information about them in the social Audit meeting. The important implementing officials and Panchyatfunctionaries present were

1. Sri Balakrushna Sahoo, Collector, Koraput District2. Sri Biswajeet Biswal , BDO, Pandasguda3. Sri R.K.Nayak, JE4. Sri J.S.N Subudhi5. Smt Sabita Pujari , Sarpanch6. Sri Gaura Hari Raut, PEO

Apart from the other employees of GP, Mr Bidut Mohanty, Secretary, SPREAD, all members and representatives ofNGOs were present. About five hundred villagers had participated in the social audit.

Detail findings on the functioning of the NREG Act based on the survey that was carried out are given below.


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Report of the Social Audit on NREGS, Orissa o

DETAIL FINDINGS ON DEMOGRAPHY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NREGA IN THE GRAM

CASTE POPULATION

LANDPOSSION (IN

ACRE)

SLVILLAGE(REVENUEVILLAGE/ HAMLET)

NO OFHOUSEHOLDS SC ST OBC OC MALE FEMALE CHILD TOTAL WET DRY REGISTERATION

WORKAPPLY

1 Pandasaguda 136 23 50 36 27 153 174 184 511 5.5 95 44 91

2 Rengaliguda 187 42 124 15 6 215 238 243 696 16 129 74 106

3 Paraja Guda 31 0 31 0 0 30 32 34 96 0 7 12 19

4Bada Paraja Guda

32 0 32 0 0 35 34 58 127 0 16 15 17

5 jani Guda 64 0 64 0 0 79 83 78 240 2 36 24 0

6 Gundri Guda 55 5 50 0 0 50 55 58 163 13 8 55 34

7 Jhankra Guda 48 0 48 0 0 52 59 64 175 9 16 31 0

8 Jadabandha 159 26 125 4 4 194 202 284 680 0 102 154 4

9 Biriguda 17 1 8 8 0 22 28 37 87 0 22 4 0

10 Guchhaguda 34 0 34 0 0 45 44 76 165 0 31 19 13

11 Luiciguda 53 0 51 1 1 58 75 69 202 0 28 53 53

12 Pujari Guda 67 21 32 6 8 68 80 137 285 0 16 6 7

TOTAL 883 118 649 70 46 1001 1104 1322 3427 45.5 506 491 344


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During the process of house hold survey, the team found that the Gram Panchayat has about 884 house holds and havea population of around 3427. Out of the total house holds, 680 are BPL categories. 491 house holds have registered sofar under NREGA and 344 persons had applied for job. 334 households have job card with them and 46 job cards arewith other persons.

The process of sensitization not only helped the villagers to have better understanding on NREGA but also help to buildup an environment for the Public Hearing. Finally, all these efforts of the volunteers showed result by way of registering491 house holds and application for job increased from 334 to 704.

FINDINGS OF THE TEAM ON VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF NREGA

Activities Positive side NEGATIVE SIDE

Registration of households

The Panchayat tookinitiative to register thehousehold those appliedduring the social audit.

The Panchayat has not taken action to registerpotential beneficiaries.The people, in general, arenot aware of the process of registration underNREGA.

Distribution of job card 1) Some persons have not got job card though theyhave already been issued as per records.

For example 8 persons of Lokiguda have informed tothe team that they have never received job cards.

2) Some persons have got job card for the first timewith entries in them.

27 persons of Lukiguda have given a affidavit jointlythat they have not worked and they were given jobcards after entries were made in them.

Job demand Panchayat has receivedthe job demand formwithout any hesitation

Implementation andsupervision of work

No mention in the MR of some persons who haveactually worked.

Physical verification shows that some works likelength and breath of the road is less then thegovernment records.

Payment of wage Some workers are paid.1. Wages paid to dead persons!2. Payments are not given in time.3. Payments still not given to some

workers.4. Wage payment is less then the

government rate.Payment of unemploymentallowances

- People are not unaware of such a provision in NREGA nor hasthe implementing ageny made any effort to make workers awareabout it.

Worksite facility No provision of worksite facility, like facility for Rest, drinkingwater, taking care of children has ever been made.


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PROJECT WISE REPORTS

During the social Audit process, 3 completed projects was taken for detail Audit. After collecting of the cash records andsecondary Data from Panchayat, social audit Team member with the help of local youth, verified the fact and presentedthat during the social audit.

First of all the given muster roll were consolidated and after that verified with the actual beneficiary, basing on theirstatement the labor component was analyzed. All the provided documents like running bill, voucher, measurement bookwere analyzed and again verified with the beneficiaries. When all the documents including muster roll were completelyanalyzed. A final report has been prepared to present in the public hearing with the active participation of thebeneficiaries and other dignitaries present.

PROJECT - 1CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD FROM LOKIGUDA TO SINDHIMUNDA

Name of the work : Construction of road from Lokiguda to SindhimundaWork Code : 2411017/rc-er/30715Length of road : 280 MeterBeneficiaries from : Biriguda, Lokiguda, Pandasguda, RengalgudaImplementing Agency : Gram PanchayatTotal Estimate : 5, 00,000/-Total Sanctioned : 5, 00,000/-Financial Year : 2007-08Work started : 04/06/07Work completed : 22/08/07Total No 0f Labour : 136 (As per MR)Total Man Days : 2837 (As per MR)Total Wage : 4,13,115/- (As per MR)

Plan and estimate Expenses as per records Actual

Material Component

Steel

Metal

Sand

Chips

Cement

Other expenses

signboard, Royalty,Centering

Labor Component

Unskilled Labor

Skilled labor

Semiskilled labor

2312

14053.26

2644.32

488.54

18848.56

151798.94

309155

640

5928

Wage

Shed

Board

Supply of TRPMaterial

Other expensesincluding Royalty

4,13,115

2000

2500

15340

69317

Wage

Shed

Board

Supply of TRPMaterial

Other expenses

including Royalty

91356

0

Not sure

Not sure

Not sure


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Total 5,00,000 Total 502272 Total 91356

Note: The material component has not been analyzed by the team. So the team can calculate the probable expense on wage. Noexpenditure on shed was made as a rest shed have never been constructed.

Differences in Plan & Estimate and Actual

Man-days created Wage of labor Material used(Total cost paid to labor)

According toplan & estimate

As per musterroll


As per musterroll


Actual

5755 2837 402846 413115 97154 86885

Findings of the team on wage payment during muster roll verification

After consolidation the volunteers started their operation in the field just to cross check and to verify. Fifteen MR has beenused for the said work and as per the MR, 136 workers were employed and 2837 man days has been created. Thevolunteers were able to interact with all the laborers during the process of verification, who (According to MR) haveworked in the respective work.

Muster roll verification

SL Category NUMBER OFWORKERS

WAGEPAYMENT AS

PER MR

Actual labour payment Difference of wagebetween MR andLabour statement

1 Not worked 38 84298 0 84298

2 Dead at thetime of work

0 NA NA NA

3 Paid less

then the MR

80 277000 79879 197103

4 Team Couldnot met

18 51817 NA NA

Total 136 413155 79869 281401

Calculation of probable expenditure on wage payment

Labor statementParticular According tomuster roll Wage Got Wage Not Got Out comes in percentage

Payment of wage tothe 118 laborer

Rs361298/- Rs 79897/- Rs281401/- Actual wage payment made79897 361298 100 = 22.11%

No payment made100-22.11 = 77.89% (Appx 78%)


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Remark On payment of wage :

According to the statement of the labor, 80 people have worked on that work and received onlyRs.28140/- as wage, which is only 22.11% of the total wage mentioned in the muster roll in the nameof the labor.

The Rest 77.89 % has not paid, directly or indirectly to the said labor, it shows that a huge sum hasbeen misappropriated.

According to muster roll 136 labors has been employed and their wage mentioned in muster roll is Rs.4, 13,115. And in118 sample labor only Rs.79897 has been paid, in fact which should be Rs. 3,61,298/-. So, if all these data is taken intoconsideration. Then

1- The total amount which has paid to the labor in this work =Rs79897 Rs361298 Rs413115 = Rs. 91355.74(Rs91356)

(Rs. 91356 is 22.11% of the total wage paid Rs.413115)

2- The total amount not paid to the labor in this work =

Rs.413115 - Rs 91356= Rs.3, 21,759/-

(Rs 3, 21,759 is 77.98% of the total wage paid)

Conclusion of the team:It is clear that in this work only 22.11% wage money has paid directly to the laborer (Rs.91355/- ) and 77.98% of totalwage money has never been gone to the laborer (i.e. Rs.321759/-)

MUSTER ROLL VERIFICATION

During the process of muster roll verification, the social audit team has got number of discrepancies. The discrepancies

includes Name of workers included in the MR who have never worked and get paid. Entries in the job cards have also been

made. Examples are- Tilatama Muduli (JC NO- 11960) and Jema Jani (JC No-11976) of Pandasguda village. NilaHarijan (JC No-9452) & Tulsi Harijan (JC No-9487) of Biriguda Village

Some workers have worked but paid less then shown in the MR it is by increasing the days of work and wagespaid in MR.

Some workers had actually worked but there is no mention in MR about them. The Examples are Damaru Harijan ,Lokinath of Biriguda village.

Money has been withdrawn by making false thumb impression in the MR though the concerned worker is a literateperson. Example is Tankadhar Nayak (JC No-13449).

The team also found some other irregularities while verifying MR. To justify all the discrepancies, the volunteers havesufficient evidence as they have collected affidavits of the following persons and some of them openly admitted them in

the public hearing. Details on the affidavits are mentioned below

Twelve persons of Pandas Guda have given a joint Affidavit stating that they have never worked and have never receivedmoney. The MR shows that they have worked and have got wage.

DETAILS OF WORKERS

SL NAME JOB CARDNUMBER

1 Omuni Mudili 11705


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2 Bhakta Gauda 12760

3 Chandrma Gauda 11965

4 Hiramani Pujari 13521

5 Pratama Pujari 13578

6 Dasu Pujari 13587

7 Lalita Gauda 13498

8 Nabina Bhumia 136009 Tula Nayak 13528

10 Kamala Pujari 13513

11 Sanamati Nayak 13570

12 Mukta Bhumia 13446

7 persons of Biriguda village have also given a similar joint affidavit stating that they had never participated and gotwage.Mr shows that they have participated and got wage.

DETAILS OF WORKERS

SL NAME JOB CARD

NUMBER1 Nila Harijan 09452

2 Radha Harijan 09436

3 Bhabana Harijan 09345

4 Tulabati Harijan 09169

5 Tulasi Harijan 09437

6 Lembubati Harijan 09439

7 Kuni Harijan 09484

Kuni Rine (JC No-09484) and Nila Harijan had openly stated in the social Audit meeting that they have not worked andtheir names has been mentioned in the MR. It should be noted that the Collector present openly asked the concerned JEabout these testimony. The concerned JE had defended by saying that job cards were not distributed in the time of workand they have adjusted by writing the name of the job cardholders.

Payment for tools: The team found that the laborers were not paid for using their own tools. The records shows new toolswere purchased for the said project on expenditure of Rs7000/-. The JE told that the tools were actually purchased butthe workers present told that they have used their own tools.

Work site facility:1) There was no provision of Drinking water, Rest shed, First Aid.2) There was no provision to take care of the children of women beneficiaries and people are not aware of existence ofsuch a provision in NREGA. Some villagers had complained that non availability of such facility prevented many womento join the work.

Vigilance and monitoring committee:The team found that the vigilance and monitoring committee. But the members were not aware of their duties. In thesocial audit meeting Brudabati Pujari-a member of the committee, testified that she is not aware of the vigilanceand monitoring committee and another member Smt. Subarna Nayak told that she had signed in a paper as shewas told to do so by local implementing officials of Jodabandha.

Muster roll in the work site: Muster roll was not available in the work site during the work.

The facts on positive and negative sides related to the said work were supported by the villagers present in the socialaudit meeting.


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PROJECT - 2CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD FROM LOKIGUDA TO BIRIGUDA

Name of the work : Construction of road from Lokiguda to BirigudaWork Code : 2411017/Rc-cd-17168Length of road : 1500 Meter

Beneficiaries from : Biriguda, LokigudaImplementing Agency : Gram PanchayatTotal Estimate : 5, 00,000/-Total Sanctioned : 5, 00,000/-Financial Year : 2006-07Work started : 29/11/06()Work completed : 26/03/07Total No 0f Labour : 183 (As Per MR)Total Man Days : 4463 (As Per MR)Total Wage : 4,00,963/- (As Per MR)

Note: As per the utilization certificate, the work started on 29/11/06 and completed on 26/03/07, but as per the MR(No 138006 to 138009) the work stated on August 1 and the Pakhwada completed on August 10 2007. The

reasons behind could not be ascertained.

Differences in Plan & Estimate and Actual

Man-days created Wage of labor Material used(Total cost paid to labor)


Actually createdbasing on musterroll


According tomuster roll(actual paid)


Actually

5630 4463 309854 400963 190146 99037


The volunteers started their operation in the field just to cross check and to verify. Sixteen MR has been used for the saidwork and the work took and as per the MR, 183 workers were employed and 4463 man days has been created and totalwage paid was Rs. 4,00,963/-. The volunteers were able to interact with 128 laborers during the process of verification,who (According to MR) have worked in the said work. The team found that one Labourer was no more during the workand his name had been included in the MR.

Details


WAGEPAYMENT AS

PER MR


1 Not worked 63 94500 0 94500


1 2090 0 2090

3 Paid lessthen the MR

65 2,27,500 59750 167750

4 Team Couldnot met

54 NA NA NA


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Total 183 324090 59750 264340



Payment of wage tothe 129 laborer(Note: The wage ofone dead person hasalso been included)


Payment not made100-18.43 = 81.57% (Appx 88%)

RemarkOn payment of wage :

According to the statement of the labor, 65 people have worked on that work and received onlyRs.59750/- as wage, which is only 18.43 % of the total wage mentioned in the muster roll (Including thedead labour) in the name of the labor. The Rest 81.57 % has not paid, directly or indirectly to the saidlabor.

According to muster roll 183 labors has been employed and their wage mentioned in muster roll is Rs.4,00,963/-. And in119 (One dead in the time of work) sample labor only Rs.59750/- has been paid, in fact which should be Rs3, 24,090/-.So, if all these data is taken into consideration. Then

1. The total amount which has paid to the labor in this work =

Rs59750 Rs324090 Rs400963 = Rs. 73922.48(Rs73922/-)

(N.B: Rs.73922.48 is 18.43% of the total wage paid Rs.400963)

2. The total amount not paid to the labor in this work =

Rs.400963 - Rs 73922= Rs.3, 27,041/-

(N: B: Rs 3, 27,041 is appx 81.57% of the total wage paid)

At last it is concluded that only 18.43% wage money has paid directly to the worked laborer (i.e., Rs.73922/- ) and81.57% of total wage money has not paid to the laborer(i.e. Rs.3,27,041/-).


During the process of muster roll verification, the social audit team has got number of discrepancies. The discrepanciesincludes

Name of workers included in the MR who have never worked and paid. For example 27 workers of Loukiguda haveclaimed that they have never worked but their names are mentioned in the MR.

Some workers have worked but paid less then the MR by increasing the days of work and wages paid in MR. Eventhe workers were paid less then they were promised. It should be noted that the labourers were not aware of theminimum wage as per the Government rules. While discussing this matter in Palli Sabha, the team found that thelabourer were paid @25 to 30 though they were promised wage @45.

Some workers had actually worked but there is no mention in MR about them.


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The team as mentioned earlier have found number of discrepancies while verifying MR. To justify all the discrepancies,the volunteers have sufficient evidence as they have collected affidavits of the following persons and some of themopenly admitted them in the public hearing. Details on the affidavits are mentioned below

A) Twenty seven persons of Lukiguda have given a joint Affidavit stating that they have never worked and have neverreceived money. The MR shows that they have worked and have got wage .

DETAILS OF WORKERS

SL NAME

JOBCARD

NUMBER

1 Damai Bhumia 13459

2 Kesab Pujari 13491

3 Mana Pujari 13439

4 Mukta pujari 13439

5 Narasing Nayak 13531

6 Ghana Nayak 13525

7 Buduri Bhumia 134718 Aaibari Nayak 13456

9 Manima Nayak 13525

10 Subrana Nayak 13531

11 Lachma Nayak 13423

12 Lalita Bhumia 13607

13 Daimati Nayak 13456

14 Mukta Bhumia 13446

15 Brundabati Pujari 13567

16 Bhanumati Bhumia 13604

17 Lalita Gauda 13498

18 Lambudhar Nayak 13474

19 Dhanamati Bhumia 1358220 Madhu Jani 13611

21 Sunadai Nayak 13570

22 Kamala Nayak 13474

23 Badi Nayak 13574

24 Balikeswar Nayak 13614

25 Damu Bhumia 13496

26 Damu Pujari 13436

27 Damuni Pujari 13436

B) 4 persons of Lukiguda village who were members of vigilance committee have given an affidavit stating that they have

signed the report of the concerned work without knowing the contents. This joint affidavit is given by1. Rati Bhumia2. Dhanpati Gauda3. Mahadev Nayak4. Smt brundabati pujari

C) Sixteen persons of Lukiguda village have given a joint affidavit on following facts1. No rest facility was made during the work.2. No payments made as rents of using own tools.


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3. Palli Sabha was not summoned before the work.4. Three persons named as Gopal Danda Sena(Boriguda village), Kami Biswanath (Boriguda village), Sanjaya

Pattnaik(Chalaguda, Boriguda village) one day called all the villagers at 12 noon and informed that a road workhas been sanctioned and informed that workers would get RS 45/- for each KHALA (10*10*1). After 8 days ofwork, workers were paid from Rs25/- to Rs35/- for each KHALA. Two persons known as Naga and Kasi weremaking payment in the presence of the above mentioned persons. This low payments had led to quarrel andstill the workers were not paid as per the rate communicated earlier.

Details of the workers who have given the joint affidavit are mentioned below

DETAILS OF WORKERS


1 Sundra Bhumia 13600

2 Madhab nayak 13549

3 Jagabandhu Pujare 13538

4 Jaldre Bhumia 13556

5 Mukand Nayak 13528

6 Nepal Nayak 13477

7 Damu Pujare 13436

8 Raju Pujare 13513

9 Dhanapati Nayak 13582

10 Lekhi Pujare 13578

11 Ganapati Nayak 13570

12 Laxman Bhumia 13518

13 Dambu Bhumia 13496

14 Bhuban nayak 13491

15 Gupta Pujare 13587

16 Sadan Bhumia 13544

Time of wage payment: The laborers had told that the wages are paid weekly by a group of 4 persons who, as per theworkers, have employed them.

Tools and Implements: No Rent for using own tools was given to the workers though workers had used their own tools.(Affidavit discussed earlier)

Work site facility: There was no provision of Drinking water, Rest shed, First Aid. (Affidavit discussed earlier). There wasno provision to take care of the children of women employees and people are not aware of existence of such a provisionin NREGA. Some villagers had complained that non availability of such facility prevented many women to join the work.

Vigilance committee: The social audit team, when contacted the members of vigilance committee, found that they are notaware of the work. They claimed that they have signed the concerned work report though they are not aware of thecontents. It should be noted that no effort was also made by the officers to communicate the contents of the report.

Muster roll in the work site: Muster roll was not available in the work site


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PROJECT 3CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD FROM JADABANDHA TO JHANKARGUDA

Name of the work : Construction of road from Jadabandha to JhankargudaLength of road : 1400 MeterBeneficiaries from : Jadabandha, Pandasguda, Bichalguda , Khutaguda

Implementing Agency : Gram PanchayatTotal Estimate : 3, 48,000/-Total Sanctioned : 3, 48,000/-Financial Year : 2006-07Work started : 16/12/06Work completed : 23/03/07Total No 0f Labour : 183 (As per MR)Total Man Days : 3312Total Wage : 2, 83,332/-

Plan & estimate(In Rupees)

Expenses as per records(In Rupees)

Actual(In Rupees)

Dug belling intriangular section of0.5m trench

Earth work

Earth work in hard soilwithin initial lead & liftincluding roughdressing

TC Board

Temporary shed

VLL

4221

21456

3,14,685

1500

1665

4500

Wage as per MR

Royalty

TC Board

Transportation ofmaterial

Shed

2,83,332

58078

2500

5400

2000

Wage

Royalty

TC Board

Transportation ofmaterial

Shed

72352

58078

Not sure

Not sure

0

Total 3,48,000 Total 3,51,310 Total 1,30,430

Note: The team could not ascertain the actual expenses on TC board and transportation of material couldnt be ascertained. Noexpense on shed was made as no shed was constructed.

DIFFERENCES IN PLAN & ESTIMATE AND ACTUAL

Man-days created/Sanctioned Wage of labor Material used(Total cost paid to labor)


As per musterroll


As per musterroll


Actual

5138 3312 282590 283332 65410 64668


Sixteen MR has been used for the said work and as per the MR, 183 workers were employed and 3312 man days hasbeen created. The volunteers were able to interact with 127 laborers during the process of verification, who (According to


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MR) have worked in the said project. The team also found that names of persons have been included who were dead atthe time of work.

Details


WAGEPAYMENT AS

PER MR


1 Not worked 94 105536 0 105536


3 3550 0 3550

3 Paid lessthen the MR

33 58382 42765 15617

4 Team Couldnot met

53 NA NA NA

Total 183 167468 42765 124703



Payment of wage tothe 130laborer(Note-Team met 127workers and 3 weredead )


No payment of wage made100-25.53 = 74.47%

Remarks On payment of wage :According to the statement of the labor, 33 people have worked on that work and received only

Rs.42765/- as wage, which is only 25.33% of the total wage mentioned in the muster roll in the nameof the labor. The Rest 74.47 % has not paid, directly or indirectly to the said labor.

According to muster roll 183 labors has been employed and their wage mentioned in muster roll is Rs.283332/-. And in130 (Including the dead) sample labor only Rs.42765/- has been paid, in fact which should be Rs1, 67,468/-. So, if allthese data is taken into consideration. Then

1. The total amount which has paid to the labor in this work =

Rs42765 Rs167468 Rs283332 = Rs. 72352.29(Rs72352)

(Rs.72352.29 is 25.53% of the total wage paid Rs.288832)

2. The total amount not paid to the labor in this work =


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Rs.288832 - Rs 72352 = Rs.216480/-

( 216480 is 74.47% of the total wage paid)

Conclusion of the team on wage payment

In this project only 25.53% wage money has paid directly to the worked laborer (i.e, Rs.72352/- ) and 74.47% oftotal wage money has not paid to the laborer(i.e. Rs.216480-)


During the process of muster roll verification, the social audit team has got number of discrepancies. The discrepanciesincludes

Name of workers included in the MR who have never worked and paid. For example 14 workers of Janiguda havetold the team that they had never worked at all.

Some workers have worked but paid less then the MR by increasing the days of work and wages paid in MR. Some workers had actually worked but there is no mention in MR about them. Even people of Janiguda have

submitted an affidavit regarding this.

Names of dead persons(Dead in the time of work) are included in MR.The evidence gathered by the volunteers was well supported by the following persons and some of them openly admittedthat in the public hearing. Details on the affidavits are mentioned below

A) Nine persons of Pandasguda have given a joint Affidavit stating that they have never worked and have never receivedmoney. The MR shows that they have worked and have got wage.

DETAILS OF WORKERS


1 Omudi Mudali 11705

2 Basudev pujari 11684

3 Giridhar Jani 116774 Bhagabati jani 11677

5 Kamuku Jani 11929

6 Chandramani Disari 11886

7 Ketaki Disari 11766

8 Debaki Goud 11820

9 Hara Gaud 11820

B) Seventeen persons of Khuntaguda village have also given a similar joint affidavit stating that they had neverparticipated and got wage. MR shows that they have participated and got wage. Names of the villagers are mentionedbelow

1. Gobardhan Harijan2. Harihar Harijan3. Nabaghan Pujari4. Balaram Harijan5. Maker Padhani6. Parsu Harijan7. Premanda Pujari8. Manika Bisoi9. Debaki Bisoi


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10. Anusuia Bisoi11. Jema Pujari12. Sabitri Harijan13. Laxmi Nayak14. Purusottam Nayk15. Jayanta Padhani16. Rukmini Padhani17. Dalimba Pujari

Tools and Implements:No Rent for using own tools was given to the workers though workers had used their own tools.

Time of wage payment: The workers were paid in every week during work.

Muster roll in the work site: Muster roll was not available in the work site.

Physical verification of the workOn physical verification of the road the team found that the road is less in length then as per the sanctioned lengthFive persons namely

1. Dibakar Muduli2. Raghunath Jani3. Mana Jani4. Somnath Jani5. Pravakar Jani

Have given a joint affidavit stating that the road length is 1000 meter. (Not 1400 meter as per the estimate andsanctioned).

Work site facility:There was no provision of Drinking water, Rest shed, Crche and First Aid. It should be noted that the governmentrecords shows that Rs2000/- was paid for construction of rest shed.

Vigilance committee: The social audit team came to know that a vigilance committee was formed for the said work but thecommittee was not given any information regarding estimate, length of the road, rate of wage etc.Board: The TC board was constructed during the work and not before starting of work.

Panelist Note

The social audit team, in their presentation on the works undertaken has found many discrepancies. They werediscussed and the officials present were given their version.

Some workers had not worked at all and their names had been included in the MR and some workers have done job andtheir names have been not included in the MR. As mentioned earlier, Kuni Harijan and Nila Harijan had given testimonystating that they have not worked and their names have been included in the MR. The defense of the concerned JuniorEngineer was it was done to adjust some worker who had not got the job card. He also told that the job cards were notissued to many at that time and thus the aim was to give job to non job card holders. The collector present hadacknowledged that some wrong things have been done.

In the discussion on vigilance committee, it was found that the people were not aware of the roles and responsibility ofthe said committee. Even the members of the said committee were not aware of their duty and responsibility. A testimonywas given by Mr. Brundabati Pujari gave a testimony regarding this fact. Mr Subarna Nayak had told that he has signedthe report as he was told to sign by a low level official.

In the discussion on non payment for tools , the JE defended by saying that they had purchased the tools. Two villagersprotested it by saying that they have never got tools and had used their own tools.

On the issue of mentioning the length of roads more in official records then the actual, the JE defended by saying that this


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was done by mistake.

The people are informed by the administration that a large amount of money (about Rs 150 crore) is going to besanctioned for the implementation of NREGA. As per the administrative version, they have shortage of manpower inimplementing NREGA.

The NGO and the implementing officials present were of the view that people should be more aware and cooperate in theprocess of implementation of NREGA. The social audit convened by the Gram Sabha ended with a vote of thanks.

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