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Central
Aid to MP & Chhattisgarh Under PMGSY
Bhopal, April 2 (Pervez Bari): The Union Ministry of Rural Development
has granted Rs. 273.48 crore to the State Governments of Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, (PMGSY),
during the financial year 2007-08.
In case of Madhya Pradesh Rs.173.48 crore are to be given as balance
payment of Batch-IV as Grant-in-Aid (Asian Development Bank Assisted
Projects) to Madhya Pradesh Rural Roads Development Authority, (MPRRDA),
an autonomous agency for receiving the funds for PMGSY and a duly
registered society under Societies Registration Act.
For Chhattisgarh the Rs.100 crore has been released as part payment of
second installment of Batch-III as of Grant-in-Aid (Asian Development
Bank Assisted Projects-RRSIP-III) to Chhattisgarh Rural Roads
Development Agency (CRRDA), an autonomous agency for receiving the
funds for PMGSY and a duly registered society under Societies
Registration Act.
The grant is towards plan expenditure and will, accordingly be subject
to the conditions laid down from time to time in the guidelines of the
PMGSY and supplementary directions there under. (pervezbari@eth.net)
165
tahsils declared drought-hit so far in MP
Bhopal, April 2 (Pervez Bari):
The Madhya Pradesh Government has declared entire Chachoda tahsil of
Guna district and a group of 12 villages in Guna tahsil as drought
affected on the basis of norms prescribed for drought assessment. A
notification to this effect has already been issued.
With this, the total number of drought-affected tahsils has gone up to
165 in 39 districts in Madhya Pradesh. The villages that compose the
group affected as drought affected in Guna tahsil include Sirasi,
Devgarh, Karke Ki Mahu, Harili, Suator, Rehpura, Nayagaon, Bharatpur,
Kilampur, Kalechheri, Kanavata and Ajitkheda.
It may be mentioned here that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan recently met the Vice Chairman of the Planning
Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia in New Delhi and demanded
central assistance to the state in view of the severe drought
conditions in Bunelkhad region and other areas of the state. He said
that Madhya Pradesh should be given a special package like Bihar.
Earlier, the Chief Minister had written a letter to the Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh seeking immediate central assistance to tack
drought situation in the state.
The state government has demanded Rs. 1548 crore 91 lakh for drought
relief works. A memorandum to this effect was also presented to the
central team that visited the state in February last to assess drought
conditions.
The Chief Minister, in his letter to the Prime Minister, has demanded
that in addition to six droughts affected districts of Bundelkhand
region, three drought hit districts of Vindhya region should be
covered under the study for long-term measures against drought. The
state government has sent a Rs. 22,250 crore special development plan
prepared for these nine districts to the centre.
Meanwhile, Chouhan has said that the need for employment generation in
rural areas of drought-affected districts would be taken care of. The
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme provides for hundred days
employment to the need in a year, which would benefit the needy.
The Chief Minister reviewed the situation arising out of the dry spell
and other natural calamities in the state at a meeting of the cabinet
committee here at Mantralaya today. The Minister for Finance Raghavji
and the Chief Secretary R.C. Sahni also attended the meeting.
The meeting was informed that relief amounting to Rs. 43 crore has
been distributed to farmers whose crops were damaged due to cold waves
and frost last month in the state. These calamities befell 19
districts. Arrangements of fodder have been made as per requirement in
other drought affected districts. (pervezbari@eth.net)
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