An example of wayward implementation can be seen in rural areas, far or near. At some places, poles have been laid or erected and left abandoned. At other places, high voltage wires are lying in bundles and rusting as if the scheme is non–existent. Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has been dragging its feet in Cachar district ever since it was launched a few years ago. In fact, the media has been reporting about all the mess and corruption in which the much hyped and publicized scheme has been caught, involving the implementation agency and a section of unscrupulous officials, politicians and village level decision making bodies and their persons who matter. Even detailed and photographic evidences of the execution of scheme in different rural areas of the district along with the statements of people have been brought to the notice of the administration as well as the officials of the department concerned. As usual, there has been no move to investigate the issue and the grievances of people against the implementation of the scheme. It was declared by the Centre and the State Government that RGGVY would cover all the villages of Barak Valley, not to speak of a single district of Cachar. It means by 2014, entire rural areas of the valley ought to have been brought under electrification. But, apart from corruption creeping the scheme, there have been frequent reports of how transformers and their vital parts are being stolen by anti–social elements. The pilferage of oil from transformers has been a regular feature and all efforts to contain it have failed in the absence of coordinated action from all concerned. An example of wayward implementation can be seen in rural areas, far or near. At some places, poles have been laid or erected and left abandoned. At other places, high voltage wires are lying in bundles and rusting as if the scheme is non–existent. Moreover, the implementation of scheme has been faulty with the same transformers being used by the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited and Power Grid Corporation of India. Like any other Central government funded scheme or project, there has been no monitoring or evaluation of the work and its progress. Public complaints have fallen flat on the higher authorities concerned. Ultimately, RGGVY remains in a shambles. Articulating the grievances, Jana Kalyan Parishad, NGO of Barak Valley, in a memorandum addressed to the Power Grid Corporation of India, New Delhi, through the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar on Tuesday demanded high level probe into the implementation of the scheme in Barak Valley as a whole in order to expose the level of corruption involved and to bring to book the persons involved for necessary legal action. Besides, the implementation of the scheme in a just and fair way should be ensured so that the benefits reach the people in general across the rural areas of the valley. The memorandum at the same time impresses upon the central authorities of Power Grid Corporation of India to have a status report from its office in Barak Valley. The memorandum was signed by Jiban Talukdar, Chairperson, Jana Kalyan Parishad. The memorandum at the same time has also demanded allotment of patta lands to the people of Jirighat village and Jirighat colony as well as Jirighat cha bagicha part–I and part–II under the revenue circle of Lakhipur sub–division who have been living there since 1964. In fact, they have been allotted land in 1964, but they are yet to get patta for regularization of their lands. Before submitting the memorandum, the villagers of the areas under Lakhipur circle held a demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner with banners and placards outlining their demands.