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A ample fig of villagers from A Velayuthapuram successful K Kumarettiyapuram panchayat, V Thalavaipuram adjacent Eppodhumvendran and Achankulam successful Kayathar national successful the territory connected Monday submitted abstracted petitions astatine the Collectorate, alleging that employment nether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was not being provided regularly.
The petition was submitted astatine the play grievance redressal gathering chaired by Collector Vishu Mahajan.
According to the petition from villagers from V Thalaivaipuram, nary enactment had been carried retired nether the strategy successful the colony for the past 2 months, thereby affecting the livelihood of the villagers. Work for lone 50 days was provided past year, with officials citing deficiency of funds arsenic the reason.
The petitioners said agriculture was the superior livelihood of the villagers and they had been affected successful that arsenic well.
The petition from Achankulam villagers said the Achankulam colony panchayat comprised 4 hamlets, and works were carried retired by dividing them into 3 sections. However, for the existent fiscal twelvemonth 2026-2027, nary enactment had been allocated for the villages, thereby affecting their root of income.
Meanwhile the villagers of A Velayuthapuram besides echoed akin interest astir deficiency of jobs nether MGNREGS. However, they said that villagers of K Kumarettiyapuram were provided with employment nether the scheme. The villagers urged the authorities to look into the contented and supply jobs regularly nether MGNREGS.
In a abstracted petition, residents of Lekkampatti colony successful Manthikulam panchayat said they purchased indispensable commodities from just terms shops successful Ilandaikulam colony which caused respective inconvenience. As determination were astir 200 ration paper holders successful Lekkampatti, they requested the constitution of a abstracted ration store astatine their village.
