Source: Hueiyen News Service / Daniel Kamei
Tamenglong, December 18 2009:
Young and old persons from different blocks of Tamenglong continued to throng the District Social Welfare Office, Tamenglong to get their salaries/honorarium of the old age pensioners till late evening today.
The pensioners demanded immediate release of the remaining five months honorarium upto December 2009 .
Some individuals reacted sharply against the staff of the District Social Welfare Office, Tamenglong for their late arrival at the office and slow in disbursement of the old age pensions.
However, the disbursement continued peacefully till late evening today.
In the meantime, while talking to the Hueiyen Lanpao, Taluiyang Gangmei (70) said that the disbursement for the old age pensions was done only once in a month and that too not paid the full amounts of whole year.
The old age pensioners were patiently waiting for the whole year to receive their honorarium but after waiting the whole year, the DSO was paying only seven months' honorarium, he said.
Joining with him another old woman Kasianlungliu expressed upset for not disbursing the whole months of the year.
To avoid crowded and harassing the old people the concern authority should arrange block wise and fixed the date and give notification to be disburse the honorium, they stated.
They want to draw the salary in three months regularly.
They also want the District Social Welfare Office Tamenglong to be open regularly.
It is visible that lack of staffs in the District Social Welfare office and inefficiency of the present staffs are reasons for slow disbursement of the old age pensioner salary today.
It is also worth mentioned that some Old Age Pensioners payment Card was change without any information to the concern persons.
As many as 3396 pensioners was entitle under state sponsored Old Age Pensioners and 779 pensioners was entitle under Central sponsored fund.
A reliable source reveals that to run the office properly the district social Welfare department Tamenglong had hired two workers.
It is reveals that the District Social Welfare Office Tamenglong was running by one District Social Welfare officer and one Gram Seveka only.