'Improve infrastructure facilities in tribal areas'
TNN
JAIPUR: Exhibiting a sense of urgency in the election year, the state government has announced several steps to augment the infrastructural facilities in tribal-dominated areas of the state.
Tribal area development minister Nandalal Meena has directed the concerned officials to expedite work on all those projects announced by the chief minister during her Sarvajan Sambal Mahaabhiyan.
The minister directed officials to lay all-weather roads in areas with more than 50% of tribal population. He informed that these developmental works would be integrated with National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and the funds would be managed by the tribal area development department.
“There are certain villages having more than 250 people living in it but are deprived of facilities availed by a revenue village. I hereby instruct the officers to make a list of such villages and provide all facilities,” the minister said.
The officials have been directed to connect every BPL village with electricity under Rajiv Gandhi Kutir Jyoti mission. Moreover, entry to government hostel would be based on merit, and the meritorious tribal students would be admitted to the hostels in Class VIII, X, and XII.
Interestingly, the minister said that people’s representatives and officials should stay at night in the hostels to ascertain the real facilities being given to the poor students. The minister also directed the officials to accelerate the Awas Yojna programme. He said that there has not been much progress in the construction of houses for BPL persons and added that every year, at least 50 more houses would be constructed under various schemes.
The Times of India, 16 June 2008 |
