This story is from May 26, 2020

Maharashtra: Nandurbar administration gives employment to 41,000 locals

Maharashtra: Nandurbar administration gives employment to 41,000 locals
People carrying out desilting of riverbed
NASHIK: The Nandurbar district administration has decided to provide employment to 41,000 workers who have recently returned from other states amid the lockdown
Nandurbar being a tribal district, most of the locals travel to Gujarat after the kharif season in search of jobs while others travel to Nashik, Dhule and Madhya Pradesh. “There are 41,157 workers given employment on a daily basis through Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Dhadgaon taluka is leading from the front by providing jobs to 11,577 people. We have now raised our bar from 40,000 jobs to 71,000 jobs,” said Rajendra Bharud, Nandurbar district collector.
As the workers started returning after relaxation in lockdown, the administration decided to make employment available for the locals. “Just as they started coming in we started to get jobs approved. Our collector kept the target of 40,000 jobs in the district. We conducted meetings, exchanged data and information and prepared the list of the works – everything through social media only,” said Darasingh Pavra, the assistant programme officer, Dhadgaon (Akkrani) taluka.
He said that they started with a single village, where close to 150 people joined them. “We made a video clip of the way things have to be carried out, sent it to our seniors. Soon even graduates started seeking jobs from us,” Pavra added.
The majority of the works being undertaken are related to water conservation – deepening of water tanks, continuous contour trenches and river beds,
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