The Rudraprayag district administration has been awarded for effective execution of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) for the year 2013-14. The award was presented to the Rudraprayag district magistrate Dr Raghav langer by Union Rural Development minister Virendra Singh who was acting as the representative of prime minister Narendra Modi at the MNREGA day function held at Delhi on Monday.
Following the disaster experienced in 2013, the MNREGA officials working with the Panchayati Raj representatives in Rudraprayag district facilitated the reconstruction of 700 rural link roads along with construction of 64 small bridges under MNREGA to facilitate restoration of road links to schools, health centres, Panchayat halls and Anganwadi centres among others places. From the view point of disaster management 23 helipads/sports grounds were constructed in addition to 797 check dams, flood protection works and debris removal works to facilitate protection of 5000 hectare agricultural land, protection of 345 residential settlements and protection of schools, Panchayat buildings and community halls.
A total of 39 disaster affected traditional water sources were reconstructed and supply of water was restored to disaster affected areas. Compared to the year 2012-13, Rudraprayag district spent 300 per cent more amount, generated more working days and disbursed an amount of Rs 15.25 crore as wages to disaster affected MNREGA labourers.