growth saga.....miles to go

growth saga.....miles to go
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sanjay mishra
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If you are struggling for a penny, and starts earning rs 100, your rate of growth looks impressive. You thank god for this. If your earning is already rs 1000, and you add on rs 100 to it, the rate of growth is marginal. In both the cases rs 100 is common but the rate is different. This is what is happening in bihar. Nitish govt is bla-bla over the magic figure of 11.03 %. Bihar is changing, they say. Image of state outside has seen climatic change, they add.
Well said. But what is the feeling of the people of Bihar? Is the change perceptible ? Just make a voyage to a remote and backward village -Rasiary-. The villagers here are overwhelmed to see a road-bridge being constructed over river Kamala-Balan. They are busy counting the number of pillars of the bridge errected so far. It is their favourite pass-time. The memory of social acrimony faced by them during laloo era, is fast waning. But has the exodus of villagers to outside for earning stopped? No, certainly not. Are not their share of NAREGA money gobbled up by the nexus of village level political -dalals- and local officials ? Of course it is order of the day...they confide. In july, they will again have to bear the might of flood-furry. Rasiary is not alone. Almost similar is the story of countless villages in the state.
Cane growers have lost any hope of reopening of sugar mills. Jute producers have the same agony. They are forced to sell their produce in West Bengal. Fruit growers are no less disappointed. Industrialisation....dont talk of it? Of course four lane roads are meandaring through the state. But then you will have to give credit to Hukumdev Yadav, ex surface transport minister. Is not it the high time to dabble in the statistics related to health, education and other human development index?
Development activities have got momentum....but they exibit regional imbalance. Some regions are benefited while other areas have been left out. Can a citizen of Darbhanga city think of 24 hours of power supply ? No....not even in dreams . Mr CM ....will they ever dare to see such a dream ?