Annual Plan for Kalahandi approved

The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2007
Bikash Khemka | Bhawanipatna

...Rs 19.5 crore earmarked under Biju KBK plan, Rs 9.24 cr under BRGF plan
A District Planning Committee meeting held at DRDA conference hall here to prepare the Annual Plan of Biju KBK Yojana and Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Plan of Kalahandi district for 2007-08.

Energy Minister and chairman of District Planning Committee Surya Narayan Patro addressed the meeting.

Under Biju KBK Plan Rs 1,950 lakh and BRGF Plan Rs 924.45 lakh was approved for the 13 blocks of Kalahandi by the committee.

The main thrust area of Biju KBK Plan is to provide electricity, drinking water, irrigation and roads. It was decided in the meeting that one village in each Gram Panchayat would be identified for electrification; block is to be taken as one unit for distribution of funds as per number of Gram Panchayats, the total funds earmarked for electrification is Rs 5.49 crore, and approximately Rs 2.50 lakh per Gram Panchayat will be provided for electrification of 220 villages.

Similarly, 30 tube wells will be dug up in Bhawanipatna Municipality for water scarcity pockets, five tube wells have been sanctioned for Kesinga NAC , five for NAC Junagarh, Rs 88 lakh will be provided for piped water supply to Bhawanipatna Municipality to un-covered areas, 10 RCC Drinking Water Storage facilities for the floating population areas like bus stand, hospital and Rs 24 lakh will be provided for construction overhead tanks in Dharmagarh.

141 tube-wells will be dug up under Biju KBK Plan at the cost of Rs 41,000 each.

For improvement of irrigation facilities Asha Sagar Minor Irrigation Project is to be renovated at cost of Rs. 2 crore. Presently, the irrigated area is 41 hectares. After renovation it will provide irrigation facilities for another 40 hectares to stabilise the Ayacut, Fatamunda MIP (Golamunda block) which is defunct, is programmed for renovation which will irrigate an Ayacut area of 200 hectares with total estimated cost of Rs 132 lakh, 50 defunct LI points of different Block having an Ayacut area of 1,000 hectares are to renovated with an estimated cost of Rs 100 lakh.

For improving communication facilities, four CD structures by RW Division, Bhawanipatna on District Life Line Roads are planned at a cost of Rs 128.46 lakh.

Rs 379.90 lakh have been earmarked for all blocks to construct CD works in Gram Panchayats and Samiti Roads at a cost of Rs 1.39 lakh per Gram Panchayat.

Works to be taken up under BRGF 2007-08 are purchase of barrels for SHG Groups to deal with kerosene, electrification of villages, sub-centres, boundary wall for girl's hostel, purchase of voltage stabiliser for SC and ST hostels, sinking of tube wells, stream based pipe water supply to villages, construction of Indira Awas House, solar power to SC and ST hostels through OREDA.

In the meeting, misappropriation in NREGS works and PDS were also discussed. All the MLAs and public representatives flayed the CSO.

Minister Patro directed Collector Pramod Chandra Pattnaik that the concerned departments would detect all the works under NREGS works and stern action against the members involved in the misappropriation should be taken immediately.

Patro also declared to establish a 132 KV Grid Station at Bhawanipatna immediately. The funds would be provided by the State Government.

Among others, MLAs Balabhadra Majhi, Pushpendu Singhdeo, Pradipta Naik, Bira Sipka, Dhaneswar Majhi and Himansu Meher and Zilla Parishad chairman Sarat Chandra Naik, all block district officers , Zilla Parishad members, block chairmen and heads of all Government departments were present.