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Rajen We even donot have the courage to ask an MLA a question "Why we don't have electricity why the roads are bad. This confidence will come only when enough people will get out our Kharkhowa state and work outside like a guy of Kerela, UP, Rajasthan, Gujrat or Punjab. We the Kharkhowas even donot know how much export we can made of Bamboo products to Delhi and Mumbai and USA which will help the villagers. Not that we donot need a Gas Cracker but a Gas Cracker does not necessarily help our villagers While
I agree with your views, I have reservation in regard to the later part of your
rejoinder. The constituents do have
the courage to ask their MLAs why there is no electricity, why a particular road
is in bad condition, and so on.
They are aware of the conditions very well. Obviously electricity and
roads are not their priority; what they want badly could be money for the
children’s education, bulls and cows needed for the farm
and family, jobs for the unemployed
sons and daughters, etc. etc. I
do not think people have to go out of their State in order to boost their
confidence. We know very well why a Rajasthani (Marwari, to be precise) or a
Bengali moves out of the State.
There is no reason why a Kharkhowa would not be able to survive at his
own home in the first place. I
suppose that kind of outlook is at the root of ULFA coming into existence. Not
lack of confidence in their ability but an orientation that they are or were the
victims of a colonial power. Do not
get me wrong, I do not deny the benefits of travel and work wherever it is
available. To
the point, I have come across boys in search of jobs outside the State. It appears the Army and, in particular,
the Police Battalions and Border Security Forces have also provided employment
to many North-East boys. I would not however know their numbers. One young man
told me that now-a-days people do get out. Now
the marketing of local products. It
is not for the kharkhowa manual worker to work out the marketing aspects of the
problem. At the time when a paper
mill was set up in Nagaland some forty years ago, an expert told me that the mill was set
up not as either as a utilitarian
or economic (feasible)
project. People demand
industrialisation and so a Nagaland Minister fulfilled a political need. A ceramics expert who worked in a newly
established ceramics factory in Orissa told me that the factory would never make
money (he explained). Now you have
stated that a Gas Cracker does not necessarily help our villagers. As an intellectual you would know the logisti cs but the young boy or girl
waving placards at George Field, would not know. Mukul Mahanta’s relevant queries can be
found in today’s batch of e-mails.
After the agitation for a Refinery in Assam was cooled down, it was
discovered that a refinery was not a large recruiter and then the main refinery
was set up at Barauni, as a result of the lobbying by the MPs of Bihar. In
affect the recruitment was done at Baruani for the Guwahati refinery except for
the handful of Fourth grade staff. Did
not want to prolong; I was carried away. Regards |
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