Baleswar MP RK Jena in last 26 months spent crores of rupees under lAD fund for various developmental works of his constituency.
While as many as 78 CC roads projects were completed, a road of a total length of 5.8 km was built at a cost Rs 2.3 crore in the rural pockets. 29 projects pertaining to improvement in the school buildings and a hospital were recommended and about Rs 1.23 crore was utilized under the head.
The other projects which have been completed are seven bathing ghats, guard walls, nine community centres, five college buildings and one crematorium. In the other projects where his funds were utilized are motorized tri-cycles to the physically challenged, battery-operated assisting bogey in the District Headquarters Hospital, high mast light, installation of solar lights and electrification of Dagara beach. In these projects, about Rs 5.58 crore was already spent from his untied fund.
In the meantime, Jena participated at a conference on ‘Delivering Development’ organised by the Swaniti Initiative in New Delhi on Thursday. He spoke about how MPs have to negotiate with the system to deliver on development front. He also mentioned about how he was able to execute numerous development projects approved under MPlADS. Further, he invited everyone at the conference to visit Baleswar to show how the MPlAD funds brought dramatic changes in the lives of people under his constituency.
“Historically, the MPs have been monitoring projects through the vigilance committees but I have personally laid down procedures and put systems in place for more transparency and accountability. We have continuous review mechanisms, personally monitored by me for the projects/schemes that come under MP’s ambit of work. We will continue to bring in the innovation in our way of working and executing plans to achieve our goals,” Jena said.