To empower the three-tier Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), the Panchayati Raj Department would henceforth undertake repair and maintenance of Upper Primary Schools, Anganwadi Centres, LI Centres and ANM Centres and ensure toilets, drinking water, playgrounds and children’s parks.
These projects would be undertaken with convergence of State, Central and MGNEGS funds.
Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena informed this in the State Assembly of Tuesday.
The department would use 30% of the SFC-CFC funds to provide safe drinking water in rural areas. Besides, it would use the Pacnhayat Finance Commission fund of Rs 10 lakh along with ‘Basudha’ and ‘Jala Jeevan Mission” funds for supply of piped water to each household in rural areas.
At the Panchayati Samiti level, the department would also undertake repair and maintenance of Government and Aided High Schools, CHCs and PHCs. At least one high school would be upgraded to an Adarsha Vidyalaya with all modern facilities. Such schools would have smart classrooms, toilets, drinking water facility, gardens, playgrounds, boundary walls and green cover.
The CHCs and the PHCs would have waiting rooms for patients.
These works would be undertaken with convergence of MGNREGS, MLA and MP LAD funds, Mo School support, WODC and KBK funds.
At the Zilla Parishad level, repair and maintenance of Plus Two colleges, DHHs and SDHs would be undertaken.
The records pertaining to all the above educational, health and other institutions would be transferred to PRI records. Reviews would be conducted at Gram Panchayat, Panchayati Samiti and ZP levels, said the Minister.