A meeting of the Nuapada District Planning Committee (DPC) was held under the chairmanship of Panchayati Raj Minister Arun Sahu at the Collectorate conference hall here on Monday.
The committee accepted the action plan of Rs 20 crore and Rs 7.5 crore for the BRGF and Biju KBK Yojana, respectively, for the financial year 2014-15.District Collector Jaykumar V presented a comprehensive district plan, which is the in-house planning of the District Planning and Monitoring Unit (DPMU).
The Collector requested the committee to give priority to rural electrification in the district sector planning of Rs 2.5 crore out of the 7.5 crore under the Biju KBK Yojana. He said that at least Rs 50 lakh should be allotted for electrification of one village. The Minister directed the Executive Engineer of the Electricity department to prepare an electricity mapping of the district.
The action plan for the State sector plan for Biju KBK suggested by the Collector was approved by the committee. The plan included supply of solar lanterns, construction of bally bridges, construction of kitchen sheds for Primary schools, supply of water filters to 1,000 schools, electrification of 100 Primary schools, sinking of bore wells in 50 schools, etc. The Minister further stressed that compromise on quality and quantity would not be tolerated and also said that the executing agencies should maintain transparency in every aspects while executing the projects.