A meeting of elected representatives of the local bodies including Sarapanches of 26 gram panchayats (GPs) and other PRI members was held at Surada on June 2 in which they participated in a direct interaction with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through video conferencing.
After discussion with the elected representatives of the local bodies, the Chief Minister instantly approved of 195 projects based on the requirements and suggestions made by the Sarapanchs and made a total allocation of Rs 6.25 crore to 25 GPs of Surada Block.
However, the project proposal of only one GP, namely, Kulangi GP, could not be sanctioned as the code of conduct to the by-election to the office of Sarapanch of Kulangi GP is still in force, sources said.
Significantly, among all the project proposals, a public library at each GP headquarters and Mission Shakti Community Center proposals are considered innovative, sources said. According to information available, more than 12,000 people actively joined the video conferencing with the Chief Minister. The entire event was organised by BDO of Surada Block Sushil Kumar Pattnaik.
The sanctioned fund will soon be placed to BDO Surada for early execution, sources said.
Among others, Aska MP ladu Kishore Swain, Surada MlA Purnna Chandra Swain, Chairperson of Surada Panchayat Samiti Saibani Mallik, Chairperson of Surada NAC Sanghamitra Swain, district Collector Premchand Choudhury and DRDA Project Director Vijay Amrut Kulange attended.
Around 200 bicycles were distributed to Nirman Sramiks (construction workers), 107 old-age pensioners got their pension for the first time, 52 SHGs got their revolving funds of Rs 15,000 each and 104 SHGs got CIF loan under Odisha livelihood Mission (OlM).