Odisha-Keonjhar District Sarpanchs Resigned Protest against irregularities of Development

 Bureau,Odishabarta

Keonjhar,11/01/24: In Keonjhar district as many as 19 Sarpanchs in Telkoi block of have resigned from their posts alleging irregularities in the implementation of developmental projects and government schemes in their localities.

The Sarpanchs have submitted their resignation to Keonjhar Sub-Collector.In their resignation letter, the Sarpanchs have alleged that they were facing problems in undertaking developmental works in their localities due to the non-cooperation from the officials at Telkoi block.

In reaction the Sarpanchs stated that, the Odisha government has sanctioned Rs 2 lakh to each panchayats for Information technology, education and communication  campaign.

 However, the block administration in Telkoi is spending the money without consulting the elected representative of Panchayati Raj institutions, they alleged.

We are facing  several issues due to the non-cooperation and one-sided approach of the Telkoi block administration which we are accountable to villagers of our Panchayats

So, we have decided wise to resign from our posts,” the Sarpanchs’ stated in their resignation letter.

Other hand the  BDO,Telkoi, rejected the allegations (!).

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