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Monday, October 29, 2012

The sad story of Bahraich.


Come to meet me and you will feel the pain. I am Bahraich, a district (though I look like a town) in UP that is ignored and neglected by the government and my representatives.

The major connecting route is the invisible lucknow-bahraich road with more visible pit holes .Forget about rail connectivity. I have been promised an electrical railway line since 15 years, but promises are never kept especially in my case.

With a few degree colleges and no university, I have only a few institutes that are not sufficient to accommodate the aspiring crowd of students who are not financially capable to move out for studies.
You talk of employment opportunities and I don’t have any. A site was finalized in the late 90s to setup an ITI(Indian Telecom Industry),but that too was robbed away to Gonda, the neighboring district by  influential congress  MP Anand Singh. 

The year 2009 gave a ray of hope as Commando Kamal kishore,a close aide of the Gandhi family was finalized for Bahraich constituency. Though he was new to the city but people trusted him due to his defense background and for the proximity to the Congress chief, but he shattered all the hopes, being the worst MP any constituency would have had. Forget about the special development package, he never turned back.Even the MPLAD(MP Local area development) funds were hardly used

Sachchar committee recommended me in the list of minority concentrated districts that needed special attention on education and development. But who cares and knows. The officials were busy cashing the lucrative place where nobody objects.
Local Area development has been done by the 5th  term MLA Dr Veqar Ahmed Shah ,but he too flunked to rope in educational and employment opportunities. He is the only hope, being the Cabinet Minister in state governmen

Being an officially backward district, my expectations were too low. I never thought of tourism and recreational development though I had exotic Katarnia ghat(a Tiger reserve) ,Sonpathri and many other adventurous places. I only hoped of lko-brh road,a railways link, health and educational services.
Even the merit of having an international border, did not pay me.

My situation is pathetic and I am the most underprivileged district around.
I am Bahraich.
Jai Hind.