Malda Training Diary - Administrative Training Institute
Malda Training Diary - Administrative Training Institute
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Page 118 of 118<br />
12.7.1972<br />
Work done<br />
District plan 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />
Information<br />
DM told us at 9 a.m. to complete the final corrections and write out the conclusion by today<br />
evening. He left to tour the blocks with the SDO to see for himself the actual drought<br />
position. We began work at 11 a.m. with BC and Sarkar. Luckily we called the AE (Roads) to<br />
find out the cost of linking underdeveloped areas and making crucial bridges. PWD EE very<br />
casually had affirmed the bridges would cost Rs.1 lakh each. Today he backed out pleading<br />
unfamiliarity with the location! The bridges cost Rs.10 lakhs each! This and the extra roads<br />
sent costs rocketing and after a lot of double checking we reached Rs.66 crores (recurring and<br />
non recurring) at 5.30 p.m.<br />
Tomorrow the extra annexure is to be stencilled along with the conclusion and the<br />
proceedings of yesterday’s meeting which I wrote out. Extra chapters were added on the<br />
bridges.<br />
In all other districts sub-committees have been formed on each dept for the plan. So we are<br />
quite ahead!<br />
Rathayatra today on dak bungalow road, taken some 200 yards to Mukdampur. Huge crowds,<br />
shops, all for 7 days more.<br />
13.7.1972<br />
Work done<br />
Reports for CARE<br />
District plan 11.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />
Information<br />
After Rizvi had told me about stopping of wheat by CARE yesterday evening, I told DM<br />
today morning of the situation and that some of us should go and collect the reports. I also<br />
wrote out what information had to be brought. He took me to the Collectorate, called SDO<br />
and T.P.Ghosh and soon K.P.Sarkar and J.Banerji were off to Harischandrapur and Samsi<br />
respectively to get details. The rest would be covered by FCI district manager himself. I felt<br />
very glad at DM’s prompt action.<br />
Then he asked me and Kar and BC to redraft the plan along lines and language of II and III<br />
five year plans. All day we were at this and had to make many changes in the syntax. The<br />
conclusion and block wise annexures were also typed out. In the evening DM told us to take<br />
more time and insisted on copying the III plan language to give it a professional look—tho’<br />
now no one will bother to read anything but the annexures.<br />
14.7.1972<br />
Work done<br />
District plan, 10.30 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
Touring Gazol block 3 to 8 p.m.<br />
Information<br />
We sat down, Kar, BC and self, with the III plan and redrafted portion of our plan language<br />
wise putting in some high-flown terms. Meanwhile Sudhir babu came and read out his article<br />
on Sataisghara, resulting in Kar and BC wanting to go there. Having completed 75% of our<br />
work, we left at 3 pm and visited it and I picked up a bit of a clay pipe and some superbly<br />
glazed pottery bits. Then we went to Eklakhi station to see the lake studded with white<br />
lotuses and then crossed the railway line to go to Raikandighi where a stupa was supposed to<br />
be. Only found a hillock full of bricks. On the way back visited the Rajadighi Mission<br />
(Protestants) but no missionaries were in. it is primarily a maternity and female disease centre<br />
and Mr. VSC Bonerjee’s Norwegian wife used to work here.
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