It takes many visits and many months to get NREGA payments...

A caller from Kota in Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh tells the story of how it took them 3 to 5 months and many vists to forest officials to get the payment for NREGA work. He says forest department forces people to work under NREGA and does not pay for months and that is forcing people to migrate. NREGA has not solved the problme of employemnt as it intends and how can a poor work for NREGA when the payment is so delayed. He says we need to get together to change this

Posted on: Feb 18, 2011. Tags: NREGA

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