�Vijayawada: The Public Grievance Redressal System (PGRS) arrange on the NTR district collectorate was overwhelmed at this time as hundreds of flood victims affected by the current Budameru floods flocked to the power to submit their grievances. Many had been looking for aid packages that had been introduced by the state authorities however not obtained.
More than 2,000 victims from 32 wards throughout the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) and surrounding Vijayawada rural areas visited the collectorate. Due to the excessive turnout, grievance petition functions—that are often offered at no cost—ran out, forcing some victims to buy them from close by Xerox retailers for costs starting from Rs 20 to Rs 30.
Taking benefit of the state of affairs, non-public doc writers outdoors the premises charged Rs 20 to help illiterate candidates in finishing their functions and attaching the required paperwork earlier than submission.
“Officials came to our homes and assessed the damage, and we submitted applications at the ward secretariat as well. Yet our names were not included on either of the beneficiary lists published by the government. We worry that entering incorrect information on the grievance application will completely exclude us from receiving aid,” mentioned Y. Kondamma, a flood sufferer from Vambay Colony, who paid a doc author to assist fill out her software.
Many flood victims expressed concern concerning the potential penalties of incorrectly entered particulars, prompting them to hunt help from doc writers.
Srinivas from Kabela Centre criticised ward volunteers for conducting an inaccurate flood survey and failing to correctly doc the extent of their losses. “Our tenants, who live on the ground floor, were recorded as first-floor households and received only Rs 10,000 instead of the Rs 25,000 relief package. Meanwhile, the households living on the actual first floor were completely omitted from the beneficiary list,” he complained.
Most variety of victims who visited the PGRS cell lived on the bottom ground however obtained solely Rs 10,000 as a result of officers mistakenly categorized them as first-floor households. Some victims additionally reported receiving aid packages for his or her automobiles, however not for the damages to their houses.