Location: Uttar Dinajpur,Goalpokher I block,Dharampur I Gp
Date: 31/01/2015

1. History

Field Supervisor of Dharampur I GP Mr. Abdul Halim went to  an old CIG meeting with the agenda of JSY and its facilities with few CIG groups in the concerning GP. During the discussion few mothers of this meeting raised questions that we, despite all required documents submission around 1 year ago have not been provided for the JSY so far.

In fact, during the PNC we did find that the money which we tried to get for the last 1 year was still in the hands of the ANM in the Sub Centre. Afterwards, around 25 mothers aggressively presented themselves that they will not leave it easily. They further said that they will go for a campaign (DARNA) with all JSY victim mothers against the ANM Gopa Bhomick of Gorgoach Sub Centre under Dharampur IGP. Meanwhile the NOSKK field Supervisor shared and discussed the legalities of a peaceful & legal campaign (DHARNA) against the perpetrators. After the discussion, the CIG group decided to arrange more mothers of JSY victim concerning the Sub Centre and immediately they fixed a date for the campaign on 31st January 2015 and also Asnara Khatoon the group leader of Asnara CIG Dal and Sarjina Khatoon the group leader of Sarjina CIG Dal took the responsibility to inform and to gather all the victim mothers from the nearby villages to join the campaign. Then Asnara and Sarjina visited a few nearby villages, namely: 1.Rajbari 2.Jharbari Singhnath 3.Bogladangi 4.Gorgoach 5.Bindhabari along with the NOSKK field supervisor. During this visit they meet few other CIG groups. There they shared their details of the campaign in small group meetings. After that, all these groups agreed to participate in the campaign and to gather more mothers of the victims. On the Campaign day, 31st January 2015, as per the plan of these groups gradually the steps of the victim mothers moved towards the Sub Centre and gathered around 200 women. CIG groups participated and facilitated the whole process. First of all they locked the Sub Centre keeping ANM and all other health personals inside it and then they began their dialogue collectively. They demanded no more excuses of delay or any type of console for further arrangements. With the increasing pressure and tense environment ANM became compelled to inform her higher authority for help from Lodhan BPHC. Around 5pm few staffs from BPHC reached the campaign premises and held a short discussion. Then, they decided to pay the mothers now. But there was no listing of which mother got to claim the money due to her irregularity in the sub centre. So a few group leaders along with NOSKK staffs prepared a genuine line listing of such mothers/beneficiaries.

Until 7 pm, they listed  332 mothers which should get the money. With the help of BPHC accountant and other staffs the further process of fill up forms and clear all due amount by check is started till late night.