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Community Leaders: The 'Queen-Bees' of Development Process in Orissa

Since the formation of a separate state, important part in this type of
Orissa continues to be symbol of abysmal communication is that they are always
poverty and backwardness. Acute using the mast powerful channel (i.e.
underdevelopment combined with the face-to-face communication) by which they
onslaught of natural calamities has made can get all the opportunities to convince
the life of the Oriya people miserable. the rural tribal community. Basically at
While droughts and floods are regular the time of election, the role of
invaders, cyclones and super cyclones community leaders is more visible.
make their routine visits, taking heavy Because voting behaviour of the backward
tolls. Besides all this misfortunes, classes totally depends on the community
nature has blessed the state minerals to leaders, who changed their voting
fill up the gap. Orissa is the richest intention during the course of the
state in minerals.The state, two-thirds campaign.Starting form rural development
of the land surface of which comprise to AIDS awareness programme in the state,
pre-cambrian rocks, possesses 98 per cent the community leaders play a crucial role
of the country's chromite reserves, 71 in the implementation of any policy or
per cent of its bauxite, 33 per cent of programme in Orissa. Without help of this
its iron ore and 32 per cent of its influential group, it will be very
manganese resources. Orissa has vast difficult for the government or any
reservoirs of natural resources to spur individual group or any non-government
industrial growth and development. Its organization (NGO) to enter into the
fertile land, water resources, mineral locality. Then it is the responsibility
wealth, long coastline and forest of the government to take the necessary
resources are great assets. Still we are step to convince the community leader by
lagging behind to utilize the minerals which they come forward to extend their
for the development of Orissa. There are hand to help the government in the
many prime causes, which are the major development process. When we are talking
hurdles for socio-economic development of about development we cannot ignore
the state. Community leaders are playing industrialization because directly it
major role in every step of development boost the state economy. As we are rich
process and they have the capacity to in manpower and mineral, the government
eradicate all the hurdles in the grass has taken the first major step to invite
root level.Orissa has a population of 32 major global giant for utilizing the
million with a high percentage of reddish-gery iron ore.Taking the
scheduled tribes and scheduled castes, advantages of the global demand for
approximately 24% of the total population steel, the Orissa government has opened
belonging to 62 different ethnic the door for the steel giants to invest
communities, and are mostly backward. in Orissa. During the course of time, the
About 87% of the population lives in the Biju Janata Dal-BJP alliance government
villages. The Oriyas dwelling in rural signed 43 MoUs with private companies for
Orissa are happy in their small world. the setting up of as many greenfield
Enthusiasm and expectation are the two steel plants. The State government's
less concerned words for them. This rural Steel and Mines Department estimates the
people are very simple and easily investment in these steel plants to the
captured by anyone who attach emotionally tune of Rs.1,37,157.85 crores. The areas
with them. Though they have very minimal that would witness mining of iron ore and
exposure to any media, so the community the setting up of new steel plants and
leaders act as the only source of captive power plants are Keonjhar,
information. They are less concerned Sundargarh, Jajpur, Dhenkanal and Angul
about the politics, business, media and districts, which are some of the most
religion. They are very reluctant to underdeveloped districts in the State. At
accept any sort of information, which are the higher level, the government has
not directly related to their day-to-day completed all the formalities to convert
life. The community leaders are playing Orissa into the No.1 State in the country
the role of opinion leaders and able to by quickening the pace of
influence the rural Oriyas because they industrialization. But when we consider
are well known, respected, and trusted about the ground reality for setting up
person for them. The rural public relies of huge steel companies, we have taken
upon opinion leader within their peer aback because of the obstacles came to
group(s) to provide reliable information. the site at different stages. The recent
The local leaders are used the masses as Kalinga Nagar firing has killed the
their weapon.In a state like Orissa, spirit of Industrialisation. This is not
community leaders have a strong a new incident for the people of
influence. Through day-to-day personal Orissa.Whenever and wherever any industry
contacts, they influence others in plans to lay down the foundation stone,
matters of decisions and opinion the first and foremost outcome of every
formation. Due to lack of information on project is the same. Either they abandon
a particular issue, the backward the project or divert the investment
community is not in a position to take amount to upgrade the established
any decision. They have always been project. Tata steel's earlier proposal to
depending on community leaders to reach set up a ten million tonne steel project
on any decision, which may vary from at Gopalpur in Ganjam district had also
family matters to international issues. run into trouble with police opening fire
In the reverse side, the tribal community at Sindhigan in the project area on
has always opened to share all the August 7, 1997. Two women had been killed
information without thinking the outcome in stampede caused by the police action
because they are thinking that they are after which the company shelved the
sharing personal matters to a trusted project. The steel project at Gopalpur in
person who can help him at the needed Ganjam district proposed by Tata did not
time. These leaders are more aware of the take off after residents refused to move
requirements of the rural public.In many out.If you go deeply into the core issue,
case, the community leader takes this you can find community leaders had
advantage to revolt against the local conspired to create unrest in the
administration. The community leaders industrial area. They have masterminded
generally come form a upper social, the entire process and provoked the
economic or occupational level and they tribal community by meeting personally or
have a special respect in the community. public meeting. The community leaders are
They are more informed about political always backed by political parties and
and social issues as compared to other influenced by the political leaders. Now
persons in a atmosphere where the local time has come to think about the state.
people will get fillip on the benefits of Above the personal benefits of any
the industrialization. The local people particular person, or particular
can feel the breeze of industrialisation community or any particular party, we
in the form of house, healthcare, should think about the welfare of our
education and employment facilities. Once state. This is the equal responsibility
the local tribal community convinces on of government and every Oriya to
the issue of industrialization, they will participate in the development process.
fight for the government. Every one knows Particularly the community leaders should
it is a tedious task but not an use their third sense before forwarding
impossible the community. They grasp any step towards destruction, which leads
information form different sources; they the state backward direction. Day by day
read newspapers and magazines; they watch our position become worsen in every
the coverage of different issues relating aspect of life. When government is
to their society, nation etc. by the planning to take any step for the welfare
broadcast media.When they exchanged the of the state, it is better to support and
information to their follower, they are abolish all the hurdles in the way to
always diluted the original message with development.
his personal views. And the most




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