Bilaspur: Beneficiaries who have not paid the outstanding amount after taking loan from the District Antyavasay Vikas Cooperative Society may be debarred from participating in the upcoming municipal or panchayat elections. The committee has released a list of 1,850 beneficiaries who have not repaid their loans.
Officials say that if beneficiaries who have paid their dues submit nomination forms to participate in the elections, their nomination process may be canceled due to non-payment of the loan amount. Keeping in mind the upcoming municipal and three-tier panchayat elections, officials of the District Antyavasayi Vikas Cooperative Society had complained about loan defaulters to the Collector.
Seeing the seriousness of this matter, Collector Avnish Sharan has provided the list of defaulters to the CMO of all the urban bodies of the district, Corporation Commissioner and CEO of the District Panchayats. The Collector has given clear instructions that appropriate action should be taken in this matter.
The department has to recover Rs 10 crore from 850 defaulters.
Lakshmi Kashyap, Executive Officer of Antyavasya Vikas Cooperative Society, has given this information that Rs 10 crore has to be recovered from 1,850 defaulters in the district. These defaulters have taken loans in various years, but till now they have not paid the amount. Most of these loans are 20 to 25 years old, which makes it clear that the recovery process can take time.
These are the major defaulters:
Jhagar Ram, village Matiyari had taken a loan of Rs 4,20,900 for a tractor trolley. He has paid Rs 66 thousand and Rs 4,30,662 is still outstanding. Sanjay Kumar Toppo, village Sakri, had taken a loan of Rs 7,87,550 to buy a mini bus. He has paid Rs 1,61,518, while Rs 7,67,791 is left. Sohanlal, Village Dodki Po Risda had also taken a loan of Rs 7,87,550 for a mini bus, in which he has paid only Rs 60 thousand and Rs 8,69,309 is left. Kuldeep Banjare, Ganesh Nagar Chuchuhiyapara had taken a loan of Rs 5,74,750 for a jeep taxi. He has paid Rs 5,18,900 and Rs 1,59,301 is left. Vinod Kumar, Diparapara Tifra had taken a loan of Rs 7,45,750 to buy a mini truck. In 14 years he has paid only Rs 1,62,000, while Rs 6,97,985 is outstanding. Jwala Prasad, Mangala had taken a loan of Rs 3,32,500 in 2013 in the name of Goods Courier. He has paid Rs 2,28,000 and Rs 1,64,350 is still outstanding.