Gaisilat block of Bargarh district is considered as the one of the most corrupt block of Odisha. The Bargarh collector often cites it as the false bill block.
As per the sources, Indira Awas are distributed to unfit people with Rs 15,000/- by the vice chairman of Gaisilat. The Vice Chairman distribute it to his own people as if like selling with a meager Rs15,000/- each. Whereas the real beneficiaries are not getting the benefits of the government scheme. Indira Awas Yojana is basically meant for rural poor who are living below poverty line. Many people who are not BPL (below Poverty Lines) have houses in the Indira Awas scheme. Even in the constructed houses, the owners have not installed any board so that people could not recognize it. But according to close sources many such constructions have been identified as houses under Indira Awas scheme. An RTI has revealed that one such example is the house of Sudhir Behera aged 35 S/O Shakti Prasad Behera of village Buromunda under Gaisilat block.
