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Fifteen children aged betwixt six and 15 took portion successful the Grama Sabha gathering held astatine Iyyappanthangal Village Panchayat connected January 26. All of them are residents of Fourth Main Road astatine VGN Nagar successful Iyyappanthangal.
Each of the children gave a petition detailing the atrocious authorities of the Fourth Main Road to the president of Iyyappanthangal Village Panchayat with a supplication to relay the road.
The children were helped by P. Senthil Kumar and C. Shiva Kumar, some residents of VGN Nagar, successful drafting the letters.
They some purpose to marque the children of their neighbourhood liable citizens who volition enactment actively successful the payment of their contiguous society.To this end, they took the children to the Grama Sabha meeting. A week earlier the meeting, Senthil and Shiva taught the children the basics of the operation of governance successful India.
“We explained the three-tier national operation of governance — that is Centre, State and Local governments and however the 3rd tier could beryllium a Corporation, Municipality, Town Panchayat, oregon Village Panchayat. We told their spot of residence - VGN Nagar – falls nether the Iyyappanthangal Village Panchayat and Grama Sabha meetings are a unsocial diagnostic of Village Panchayats. The three-tier operation of governance was illustrated by citing roads successful Iyyappanthangal portion arsenic an example. We person Perungalathur-Puzhal road successful the vicinity which is laid by the Centre; past Mount-Poonamallee Road that comes nether the purview of the State; and the interior residential lanes nether the Village Panchayat. Next, we guided the children to place a occupation that could beryllium presented to the Grama Sabha. They chose Fourth Main Road successful VGN Nagar arsenic it was marked with potholes and prone to waterlogging. We besides gave them further accusation that it was past relaid a decennary agone and it is owed for relaying,” says Senthil.
The sojourn to the Grama Sabha gathering besides helped children recognize the differences betwixt elected representatives and officials; the quorum required for the gathering to beryllium held, criteria to beryllium a subordinate of the Grama Sabha, and the six days successful a twelvemonth the Grama Sabha meetings are held.
“Children get ample opportunities successful schools to make their sportsmanship and creator skills. And immoderate schools behaviour mock sessions of UNO wherever children enactment arsenic diplomats and statement implicit planetary issues. These skills are perfectly necessary. But they don’t get to larn astir section governance, issues plaguing their ain section community, and what are assorted modes of nationalist grievance redressal mechanisms and however they work. So we arsenic a residents payment relation astatine VGN Nagar conducted this workout that volition impart a applicable acquisition of nationalist administration, for children are the aboriginal citizens and they should beryllium empowered with the indispensable knowledge,” says Shiva Kumar.
From clip to time, the relation conducts akin exercises. A fewer months ago, the children were taught astir the coagulated discarded absorption and value of pursuing roadworthy information rules.
P. Senthil Kumar and C. Shiva Kumar are IT professionals but instrumentality progressive involvement successful addressing issues relating to their neighbourhood and stitchery accusation done RTI Act.
