MGNREGS work poor in DK says ZP chief

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, July 18,2016: Chairing the monthly KDP review meeting at the Zilla Panchayat auditorium in Mangaluru recently,  Zilla Panchayat President Meenakshi Shantigodu,  said that every gram panchayat has been directed to take up a minimum of 50 individual works under the scheme.

The panchayats, however, have not been implementing the same, she said and directed the officials to ensure that the works are taken up under the scheme. Every beneficiary should be provided 90 man days of work, she said. The gram panchayats and the officials concerned have been negligent in the implementation of the   MGNREGS,  Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the district,

Zilla Panchayat Vice President Kasturi Panja said that the construction work of anganwadi buildings has been marred by inordinate delays. Some building works have been consuming more than two years, she said. She, meanwhile, directed the officials to take up the works on drains while carrying out road development works.

Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer P I Sreevidya directed the taluk panchayat executive officers to identify lands for nurseries to be taken up in villages, in coordination with the Forest Department. "Also, suitable land should be provided for government schools, to open anganwadis. Horticultural crops should be planted around the nurseries. The pending works under Ganga Kalyana scheme of Ambedkar Abhivruddhi Nigama should be completed within two months," said the officer.