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Bapuram Bodo of Shimoluguri , Darrang district, Assam came to know that Assam Government is distributing gas cylinder free of cost to the poor people. The boy who informed him said that Rs. 500/ should be paid to get the gas cylinder. Bapuram denied this offer. After a few days some people of Shimoluguri got new gas cylinders free of cost.
Though Bapuram was poorest among them, he did not get any. In the mean time he came to know about Right to Information Act 2005 from SATRA, a local NGO. He immediately filed a RTI application asking the list of beneficiaries under the said scheme. To his utter surprise he discovered that his name at the top of the list as a beneficiary. There were 17 beneficiaries but only 10 have been allotted the gas cylinder. Empowered with this information, Bapuram complained to the DC of Darrang district. The result was immediate. All the 17 beneficiaries immediately got the gas cylinder and the concerned officer has been suspended. Now Bapuram has become a household name in the locality. This incident took place in the month of June 2006. North East Network Assam-India
Website:www.northeastnetwork.org
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 20 June 2007 )
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