I felt disappointed as Joint Collector who was to visit the village on 14 July could not visit. Also, Trainee Collector's planned visit for the upcoming Sunday program (on 17 July) was also not likely to happen. I was in a quandary as I had informed the villagers of Bakaram Jagir about both visits during my previous Sunday's program. I had shared this info based on the info passed on to me by officials of Adult Education.
While I was planning for some adjustments, I got a call from Mr. Srinivas Babu of Adult Education saying that his boss instructed him to take me to asst. collector immediately. So, I had to complete my Steel Plates shopping for the villagers (which took one hour as for each of the 108 plates 100% literacy/village name was being written) and rush to Collector's office. Though Trainee Collector was not available this visit became a blessing in disguise as I could use this visit to meet the following people, personally, despite Mr.Srinivas Babu being hesitant.
1. Mr.Raghuram, IAS, District Collector
2. Ms.Amrapali, IAS, Joint Collector
3. Mr.Yadaiah, MLA
4. Ms.Pamela Satpathy, IAS, Asst. Collector(Spoke over phone)
Mr.Raghuram, IAS, asked me to get in touch to plan out things.
Madam Amrapali, IAS, promised to visit on any day (except Sunday) and we finalized the day as coming Thursday (21 July).
Mr.Yadaiah, luckily, visited Madam Amrapali's office and I caught him on his way out and requested him to visit the village. He told me that he would visit on next Sunday (24 July, tentatively).
Ms.Pamela Satpathy, IAS, Asst. Collector, though was not available I spoke to her over phone and she agreed to visit the village the next day, 17 July and attend the evening program with the villagers. As I was planning to distribute steel plates to all the regular attendees (illiterates) it could be great if the Trainee Collector does the honors.
Hopefully, all these visits materialize so that the villagers would feel the heat/action and get motivated further.
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