Civil Society Dialogue on
labour migration held at Bolangir:MOU with Andhra Pradresh and Telengana should
be signed for betterment of Migrant workers.
By
SudhirMishra/Bolangir
Bolangir. Oct 27, 2017.
Closely on the heel of Government taking stock of the progress
made of its special package to check migration in 30GPs of Bolangir and
Nuapada, now comes the reports of members of Civil society holding a dialogue
on labour migration of Western Odisha on 26th and 27thOctober at Bolangir.
Organized Jointly by GAATW,SEWA,Aaina, and Aide et Action
Bhubneshwar, and attended by grassroots organizations working on migration and
bonded labour in Bolangir, Bargarh, Nuapada,Kalhandi and Sonepur district, the
meet deliberated on different aspect of Labour migration from these districts
and how to streamline it by strengthening the existing mechanism like
proper Implementation of MGNREGS, Inter-State Migrant Worksman Act of
1979,strengthing of vigilance committee at District level, proper and effective
registration of migrants worker at Panchyat level, monitoring of skilled women
workers working in outside state ,creation of corpus fund to deal away with
problem of payment of MGNREG workers.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with erstwhile Andhra
Pradesh for betterment of migrants labourers while in Andhra Pradesh is defunct
now. A new MOU with both Andhra Pradesh and Telengana state should be signed
for better monitor ing of migrants workers there,opined UMi Daniel of Aide et
Bhubneshwar.
Daniel also opined for effective preparation and Implementation
of Intensive participatory planning and providing the job as per the results of
planning exercise to improve the condition of poor people and for success of
MGNREGS.
Among others Lalita Missal(NAWO)Nalini (SEWA)Sneha Mishra(AAINA)
Saroj Barik of Aide et Action, Bhubneshwar, besides representatives from civil
society organizations of Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalhandi, Bargarh attended and
deliberated on this issue.
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