Convergence of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment

Guarantee Scheme with Railways

Pratham AgrawalIRSE 2013

XEN/AhmednagarCentral Railway

Google Drive

• Username - mgnregs.scr@gmail.com

• Password - mgnregs.scr@1

• The drive contains all relevant documents along with over 5000 photos depicting the work undertaken.

Convergence of MGNREGS with Railways

• What is MGNREGS ?

– 100 man days

– Unskilled

– Rural only

Policy

• ..\South Central Railway\Documents\MGNREGS Board Letters Chronologically\1.jpg

• ..\South Central Railway\Documents\Annexure II - Memo No 28028.pdf

Initial Policy3 Aspects

1. Type of Works –

i. Construction and Maintenance of Approach Road to Level Crossings.

ii. Construction and Maintenance of Approach Road to Railway Stations.

iii. Developing and cleaning silted waterways trenches and drains along the track.

iv. Repairs and widening of existing railway embankments/cuttings with clearing

of vegetation growth.

v. Plantation of trees at extreme boundary of railway land at such location, where

sufficient land is available.

vi. Protection work of existing railway embankments/cuttings/bridges.

2. All labour and Material cost will be met from MGNREGS

3. Gram Panchayat will be the implementing agency

Whom to Approach – Awareness of Structure

State Council

Principal Secretary, Rural Development

Commissioner, Rural Development

Director, NREGS District Program Coordinator (DPC) – District Collector

Addl. DPC, CEO, Zila Parishad Addl. DPC, PD, DWMA

Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO)

EGS Engineer Panchayat Secretary Program Manager

Technical Assistants Field Assistant Program Officer

TRUST BUILDING EXERCISES

Meeting with SDO/Kavali Meeting with MPDO/Ongole

Meeting with Tehsildar, Kavali

Representing Railway Administration

in Zila Parishad, Tanguturu

Pilot Project -

Scrutiny of Musters

Before Work Photos

Photos of Work under Progress

Cess Repair Work

Videos of Pilot Project

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G9X0yKLius

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJUNLwvKKzs

Challenges and Learnings -

• This is a voluntary and untrained work force whose work ethics and discipline are very different from the Railway working. They need to be not only counseled but trained a great deal which will involve practical demonstrations before they can be put to work for safety related works.

• They are generally illiterate and are in tremendously large numbers and hence lot of supervision is required to manage them during their work - Solution

• They are not at all aware of any safety rules and were found resting/sitting on the track as it is on an elevation and enjoying the panoramic view of the area.

Section Awareness

Internal Documents

• ..\South Central Railway\Documents\Annexure III - Permissible works list.pdf

• ..\South Central Railway\Documents\Annexure IV - MGNREGA works Plantation program.pdf

Village Parks

Inspection of State Official

Meeting with Program Managers, Plantation

Managers and TCS Officials

New Policy

• ..\South Central Railway\Documents\Annexure V - New Policy.pdf

• Softwares -http://emuster.in/ap/m/NregsApps.htm

• Application

1. Desilting of water ways of bridges/RUBs/Pipe culverts/Box culverts.

2. Strengthening/widening of Railways embankment.

3. Trench cutting along Railway boundary.

4. Recharge structures to functioning bore wells/dried up bore wells.

5. Desilting of Open Wells.

6. Block plantation.

7. Village parks in Railway colonies.

8. Linear Plantation.

9. Connecting roads to level crossings up to BT level (90:10).

Moving Further…..

• Andhra Pradesh Website

• All India Website

• TMS

Bhoomi Pooja & Inauguration Ceremony

Innovations & Future Potential

• Construction Projects - Rurban

• LC Closure

• Non Fare Revenue

• Rubber Pads

• Bhuvan

• Strengthening the System

• Alternate Funding Source

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