Malda Training Diary - Administrative Training Institute

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3. Aman still left & how much expected if rains.
4. Aus, jute, silk
Conditions of Blocks:-
Kaliachak III: Crops prospects bad, Jute is OK, Aus late. No deaths.
Kharba I: Bad crops. No Aman possible. Can sow if rains within a week.
Bamangola: Boro impossible. No Aman. Acute unemployment.
Habibpur: No aman. No sowing/ transplanting
Kal I: Jute 40%; Aus 80% damaged. Mulberry 80% damaged.
Manikchak: Jute 40% in good condition, but if no rain, will be gone.
Hcpur II: No aman sowing. Malnutrition in every village.
Old Malda: Only 50% aus sown.
Kharba II: No aman. Acute malnutrition in tribal pocket.
Hcpur I: 9`` rain.
Ratua I : Bad crop. Only seedlings in RLI places.
Ratua II: No aman. No seedlings.
Kharba II: 50% aus sown.
Eng Bazar: 60% aus sown. Can recoup if rains
Gajol: Aus & Jute 90% damaged. Chiefly aman area. V. bad prospect.
Thereafter Jainal Abedin, Minister for Coops, told officers to recover loans from those able
to pay. CM flew into rage with CPI MLAs because of a CPI demonstration while the
meeting was on. Refused to see their demands & the CPI MLAs walked out of the meeting.
31.7.1972
Work done
All papers on Chapal Bagchi taken.
Relief Office.
Information
DM summoned me at 8 a.m. to a conference with SDO, SOPD, EOZP on relief CSRE being
started at once in Gajole. DM told me he wanted me & Kar to concentrate on finding out
what local industries could be set up with money from the Industrial Finance Corp. & that
hence I should not go to Siliguri but concentrate here. He also put me in charge of all Relief
Movements, specially of milk powder.
From CA got file on Bagchi with all enquiry reports. Needless duplication of effort due to
part of it being in English Office & part here. SDO Cooch Behar reports wife exists but no
mention of scrutinising any evidence of it. Also report that one Sandhya Bagchi was on ration
card of his mother at Kaluadighi camp.
In Relief Office despatched baby food to Barind area & Mchak. These are all Australian cans
of vegetables, fish etc.
1.8.1972
Work done
Manikchak enquiry 3 – 5.30 p.m. 86 km.
Called on Bimal Chakravarty.
Information.
A draft of Rs.500 had been received from Citizen’s Council for payment to Bagchi & to
Saha’s family. Former I held up. For the latter I went to Manikchak to the wife (husband
wounded & in hospital). Took down details as per questionnaire & gave her the Rs 300/-.
In the evening called on Bimal Chakravarty who is agitated over still not getting his release
order. Has decided to go to Cal tomorrow to get this done personally.
In office checked up on Red Cross Distribution & despatched to Mchak, the only one left.
Rate is 2 bags per anchal. Stock is just 200 bags left & DM told me to hang on to it. From