Balangir is known as a 'underdeveloped', poor district comes under 'KBK' tag in Orissa. This district is infamous for 'bonded labourer' problem also. Every year minimum 1, 80, 000 rural landless and marginal farmers migrate to other States in search of livelihood. They spend almost 7-8 months outside working in brick-kilns and construction sites. Newspapers often comes out with news of torture and injustice inflicted on them in other States. Migrating population includes both male, female and children, some times the whole family with young girls also. Health, Nutrition, Education status of these people is understandable.
Failure of administration, ineffective local governance and implementation of social-economic welfare and Development schemes made for KBK ---keeps this district low in development and High in poverty and distress.
Balangir is a Hilly- sloppy area. It looks almost like a desert with forest coverage vanished and half-decayed hills standing empty. Everywhere land is laying dried, rocky and unused. I think timely use of these lands can make Balangir Green and prosperous. But I have not seen any Government plan or initiative to do so. Area specific planning is essential for Development of Balangir. Some NGOs are only doing some good work, but none have resource to cover the whole District.
If we do not plan now, I fear some day some 'Vedanta' will come to use the land in their way and push away people from their land! Prevention is better than cure, so let us start plan and development actions now!
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