- 2,522 sanctioned wells
- Target of 1,208 wells
- 1,314 wells exceeded the target
Akola. In Balapur and Patur tehsils, the way has been cleared to subsidize 1,314 more irrigation wells than the target. Due to which the concerned farmers are going to get subsidy for the completed wells. According to sources, new administrative approval will be given after inspecting the wells whose work has not started. In this context, this decision has been taken in the meeting of the Employment Guarantee Scheme Minister. Shiv Sena MLA Nitin Deshmukh, District Magistrate Neema Arora and BDO were present in this meeting.
Under the Employment Guarantee Scheme, farmers of Patur and Balapur tehsils had dug wells for irrigation in 2015. In which the farmers had got 20 to 30 percent subsidy, but due to non-receipt of subsidy amount, the farmers have to make rounds of government offices. Despite this, due to non-receipt of funds, the farmers staged a sit-in in the chamber of the Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MLA Nitin Deshmukh held several discussions with the CEO of the Zilla Parishad regarding the subsidy, but no concrete decision has been taken on it.
That is why the meeting took place in the room of the Minister of Diseases, Sandipan Bhumre. If the construction of wells is done more than the target, then the decision to give grant to the farmers concerned has been taken at the ministerial level and now they will get the money after inspection. Also, after getting the approval, the officials will inspect the documents where the digging of the well has not started yet. After this, new administrative approval will be given to these works.
First installment to 246 farmers in Balapur
The number of irrigation wells in Balapur tehsil was 431, but 1 thousand 222 wells were approved. Due to which information about having 791 additional wells came to the fore. Wells were approved even though there was no target by taking money from the farmers for the approval of the wells. The farmers did the work of digging 189 wells. The first installment was then given to 246 farmers, but the officials refused to pay the remaining amount due to sanction of more wells than the target.
First installment to 154 farmers in Patur
In Patur tehsil, 28 gram panchayat areas have found fault with irrigation wells. In spite of the target of 777, only 1300 wells were actually sanctioned. The number of additional sanctioned wells was 523. Out of these, the first installment was given to the farmers concerned after starting work on 154 wells, but now the rest of the subsidy has been stopped by the administration.