Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
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hief Minister Siddaramaiah chaired a meeting to discuss the implementation of the schemes announced in the 2023-24 budget of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.
Under the NAREGA scheme,5000 gomalas,50 thousand acre grazing area,2 lakh drought relief works,81 thousand flood control works and 4268 landslide prevention works will be undertaken.
Crematorium land in 27903 villages will be developed as Shanti Dhamas.Minister Priyanka Kharge explained that 5000 school grounds will be upgraded as Vidyadhams,750 village shantis and 27 thousand bore wells recharge work will be implemented.
Instruction to submit report on water supply
The Chief Minister directed officials to visit and report about the number of works completed and number of houses supplied with drinking water under the multi-village drinking water scheme in Varuna constituency .
Open libraries on weekends :
The village panchayat libraries should be upgraded into knowledge centres.These centers must provide facilities like digital learning materials,professional guidance system,constitutional education system, specially abled friendly technology and knowledge sharing by skilled persons.The CM said that opening libraries during weekends will help the students.
The CM opined that this scheme will be helpful for students and drop out children and should be implemented over a period of three years.
Koosina Mane
The Chief Minister directed that 4000 Koosina Mane should be established to create job opportunities to women and for the safety and nutrition of the children below six years as stated in the budget.
The minister explained that Rs.10 crore has been provided to select one skilled young graduate from each taluk for a period of 24 months under Chief Minister’s Fellowship
The Chief Minister directed to implement the construction work of 400 community toilet complexes in Kalyana Karnataka region at a cost of 25 lakhs each using modern technology.
It was explained in the meeting that work has been completed for 800 villages under the Jal Jeevan Mission project.
Construction of one recovery facility in 27 districts at a cost of 2 crore each to ensure continuity and scientific management of dry waste disposal in rural areas.The minister informed that Rs.22 crore will be provided in the current year.
Chief Minister’s Political Secretary,Naseer Ahmed,Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma,Chief Minister’s Deputy Chief Secretary Dr. Rajneesh Goel, Commissioner Anjum Parvez were present in the meeting.
