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\n Women hold up applications demanding work under MGNREGA during a protest led by former panchayat president R.V.S. Sivarasu in Nagapattinam.
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More than 2,000 women from Prathabaramapuram village panchayat in Keezhaiyur block of Nagapattinam district have sent registered post applications demanding employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on Friday.<\/p>\n
The mass campaign, led by former panchayat president R.V.S. Sivarasu, is part of growing discontent over what residents allege is a deliberate delay in work allocation, attributed to the absence of elected local body representatives. <\/p>\n
\u201cA registered worker has the legal right to demand work under MGNREGA, and employment must be provided within 15 days. If not, compensation must be paid, as stipulated under the Act,\u201d Mr. Sivarasu said. <\/p>\n
Mr. Sivarasu said that there were 2,159 registered workers in the village, each entitled to 100 days of employment annually. While the village has typically recorded 1.5 to 1.7 lakh person-days of work in recent years, only 1,725 person-days have been generated so far in the current financial year (2025-26), with a disbursement of just \u20b96.23 lakh \u2014 down from \u20b93 crore to \u20b94 crore in previous years. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe absence of local body representatives since the end of the previous term had hampered the scheme\u2019s implementation. The community, particularly widows, senior citizens, and economically vulnerable families, depend heavily on this programme,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
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