In an effort to take stock of the condition of villages in Delhi and chalk out development plans in consultations with the residents,  11 respective District Magistrates (DM) and senior IAS officers will camp overnight in selected villages from Sunday till Monday.

With a view to comprehensively develop villages in Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has asked all the departments to depute senior officers for one night stay for a ground assessment of challenges and socio-economic conditions faced by people living in villages facing.

This exercise comes after Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena’s announcement on January two after a Samvaad @ Raj Niwas with representatives from 180 villages, that respective District Magistrates (DMs) and senior IAS officers will be staying overnight in villages in their districts.

These officers will give a practical prescription for all round development and main streaming of villages.

Based on their report, the village development plan should incorporate all their focused activities for infrastructure development, economic activities promotion, and creating linkages for marketing of village products.

The exercise aims at chalking out the restoration and development plan for Delhi’s villages, in consultation with the villagers, under the ambitious “Dilli Gramoday Abhiyan”, being executed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) at a cost of more than Rs 800 crores.

The selected villages in the 11 districts are Baprola, Tatesar Rural, Kheda Dabar, Fatehpur Beri, Pul Prahladpur, Chilla Saroda Bangar, Babarpur, Baquiabad, Jagatpur, Samalkha and Palla, officials said here on Saturday.

On day one of their visit in the morning, the DMs and senior officials will hold ‘Samvaad’ with residents of the villages where they are staying as well as those in the neighbourhood over the first 03 hours, starting at 11 AM.

From 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm they will be visiting important sites for inspection as per the works identified during the preceding ‘Samvaad’ along with all officers concerned of various line departments, which include DDA, Revenue, DJB and MCD.

From 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, a ‘Charcha’ by night fire will be held along with all residents where they will be asked to share their grievances and feedback.

After breaking for the intervening night between 07.01.2024 and 08.01.2024, in the identified village they will again resume the second round of ‘Samvaad’ between 7:00 am to 11:00 am to share the tentative roadmap for the development of the villages, at different locations.

Continuing with his interactive dialogue series — Samvaad @ Raj Niwas,  Saxena had interacted with over 500 villagers representing 180 villages in the Capital on January two.