Friday, April 4, 2025

Local painters, artists seek equal allotment of Govt projects

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TURA: Local artists and painters of Williamnagar who earn their livelihood painting signboards and banners under different government schemes have expressed their displeasure against the alleged allotment of government projects under MGNREGS to only a particular firm for the past eight years.

The local artists in a communiqué stated that all works under a Central Scheme for making various sign boards under NREGS has been allotted to only firm, M/S Marat Steel Fabrication from Williamnagar from the year 2005 till date.

Government projects are the only source of income generation for people with our expertise and this practice of allotting projects to only one firm has deprived us of our livelihood they informed. They have also alleged that the particular firm only fabricated steel frames and then hired someone else from outside to do the paint job. We had approached the Samanda Block Development Officer regarding it they informed and added that the BDO had rejected their pleas to reconsider the allotment of works stating that the status of tha financial allotment could not be changed.

They have also suggested the withdrawal of pending works allotted to M/S Marak Steel Fabrication by the government and divide it equally amongst the ‘deprived’ firms.

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