Union Minister of State for Rural Development,Pradeep Jain Aditya,reviewed implementation of MGNREGA in Sonbhadra district of the state on Monday and found anomalies in its implementation in some of the schemes. The minister found irregularities in the system related to custody of job cards,allotment of work to women,payment entries and so on. Jain said district officials have promised action in a week failing which the Centre would be forced to initiate the process of stopping funds meant for the district under the act. After about two-and-a half-hour review and spot visit to villages in Sonbhadra it has come out that despite reports on anomalies submitted by officials of central and state government teams,job cards are still kept in the custody of gram pradhans,payment entries are fake and payments are delayed at majority of the places,said Jain. He said he along with a CPCB member would inspect work at Parichha Thermal Power Plant in Jhansi on April 6. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest had served a notice under section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act of 1986 to Parichha plant for non-compliance but the state government is yet to take any action in the matter, he said.
