Opp MLA asks Govt to ensure families are not deprived from being included under AWAAS+

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 10, 2022

Opposition AITC legislator from Umroi George B Lyngdoh on Thursday asked the state government to ensure thousands of families are not deprived from being included under AWAAS+. 

This was after the Minister in-charge Community & Rural Development Hamletson Dohling during the course of his reply in the Assembly cited technical issues, problem of internet connectivity and failing to get timely communication as  reasons for such families from not being included under the AWAAS+.

Lyngdoh however said that this is the problem of the department and that this is a clear violation of the rights of these families. 

“How can technical issues be an issue for people not to be included? I feel very sad and I urge the minister to look into the matter as thousands of familes are being deprived (due to this),” he added. 

To this, Dohling informed that he had taken up with the union minister concerned on the matter to include these households already identifed.  

“The union minister had replied in December, last year stating that the matter is being taken up with the concenred department for consideration,” he said.

Earlier, Dohling informed that a total number of 1,59,237 unts/households have been shortlisted/included under AWAAS+.

Out of the total surveyed households, the targets were identified for the state in the financial year 2021-22, he said adding currently, the job card mapping, priority setting, registration and sanctioning are in process. 

He further informed that the total number of units/households identified but not surveyed/uploaded for inclusion in AWAAS+ is 7,851.