Palamu district rural development agency (DRDA) got merged with the Palamu Zila Parishad, declaration of which was made at the massive governing body meeting of the Zila Parishad held in the conference hall of Block B where sits DDC Shabbir Ahmad who is the chief executive officer of the Zila Parishad. 

Vice president of the Palamu Zila Parishad Alok Kr Singh popularly known as Tutu Singh told this newspaper "Now, with this merger of the DRDA with the Palamu Zila Parishad, there is an umbrella body called district rural development section (DRDS)."

Vice president Tutu Singh further said "The merger got delayed but it finally happened today. Voice consent was overwhelming for the merger."

"A fleet of 24 personnel of the erstwhile Palamu DRDA would be inducted into the Palamu Zila Parishad. There is going to be no any problem with them." added the vice president. 

On being asked if there will be pay protection like no diminishing to pay that a DRDA personnel was getting prior to the merger to which vice versa Zila Parishad said "There is absolutely no such issue."

Sources said the chief executive officer Shabbir Ahmad DDC raised the point of revenue for the Zila Parishad. 

Quite recently the chief minister Hemant Soren has asked the DCs and all concerned to raise state revenue collection. 

Tutu Singh told "Palamu Zila Parishad has an outstanding dues worth around 4 crores of rupees with 942 shops under it across the district. This pending amount is in respect of the rent. The shop owners are just sleeping over the payment of the rent."

"There is an account for the rent with the IDBI branch Daltonganj. The IDBI branch officials are to collect the rent or the shop owners are to deposit the rent straight way." informed the vice president. 

Sources said it would have been a great taxation for the Palamu Zila Parishad to deploy rent collection agency so it asked its banker IDBI branch to do the needful. 

Sources said the defaulter shop owners have little time and space to further sit over the unpaid rent. 

The defaulter shop owners have been asked to start depositing their long pending rent dues without fail.