“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds”
G B Hinckley
The sea flanking the Carnic island is in turn teal,
aquamarine, azure, sapphire, lapis lazuli and grey and the sands silvery white
. Beholding one such view, two eco friendly huts and seven benches, made up of locally available
material, completely in-sync with the island’s beauty have been constructed and
dedicated to the people of Sansad Adarsh Gram Kinyuka, under the aegis of
MGNREGA scheme of Government of India
.
The site known as “Töölöök
Tövai Panam” (our beautiful world) is a charming
little spot for recreation and picnic dedicated to the people of Carnic. The two
eco-friendly huts are made up of locally available bamboo, cane and jungle post
so magnanimously provided by the captains of Kimious and Aarong and are covered
with thatched roofs. The craftsmanship displayed in the construction of these
huts with delicate molding of cane is par excellence. The huts are painted in
earthy browns and forest greens and are in complete harmony with the
surroundings.
This project incurred an expenditure of a little
above four lakh rupess, out of which more than 3.7 lakhs were given as wages to
create 1554 mandays and in this case “women-days”
as more than 80% MGNREGA workers in this project were women, scripting a small
but successful story of asset creation , with a very small carbon footprint (if
at all), along with providing meaningful and satisfying employment to these
very proficient craftsmen and women of Carnicobar.
The construction of these huts and benches along
with cane garbage bins and planting of flowering plants like periwinkle and tecoma
was completed in a record time by the MGNREGA team comprising of Block Development
Officer, Programme Officer, Assistant Engineer and four extremely dedicated Gram
Rozgar Sevaks . Three solar street lamps erected by the electricity department
adds to the attraction and safety of this spot.
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| entry to the picnic spot |
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| blessed by a priest before inauguration |
The site was decorated with tender leaves of coconut
and was inaugurated by S.P. Nicobar after a prayer was read out by the Kinyuka
church priest on 15th August 2016, to the loud cheer and exultation
of everyone present. The inauguration function also saw the distribution of
complete Soccer Kit and Yoga mats worth fifty thousand rupees by sports
department to the sports loving people of Kinyuka under Sansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana (SAGY)..
The eco-huts constructed at Kinyuka have been widely
appreciated for their recreational utility and environmental friendly construction.
The district administration plans to construct
similar huts under MGNREGA not just in Carnicobar but also in other
islands of the district as well. We firmly believe that it takes a small step to make a giant leap. Jai Hind
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