In an initiative to provide improved streetscape amenities to the Scheduled Caste population in the State, the Haryana Government has decided to make pucca (cemented) streets in all those villages where population of members belonging to the SC is 40 per cent or above.
“There are about 850 such villages which would be benefited under this scheme. A sum of Rs 282 crore would be released during this year for development works under this scheme,” said a spokesman of Development and Panchayats Department.
He said that estimates were being prepared after identifying streets in such villages and grant would be released for all these villages by October 31. These works would be completed before March 31, 2017, he added.
The spokesman said that a new scheme has been started to set up of IT enabled gram sachivalyas. In the first phase of this scheme, in all 2294 gram sachivalyas would be set up, with each cluster of 3-4 gram panchayats, by the year of 2019.
In the second phase, all the gram panchayats would have such gram sachivalyas.
He said that as many as 900 gram sachivalyas have been set up upto August 31, 2016 out of which, Citizen Service Centre (CSC) had been set up at 357 gram sachivalyas.
Through these Centres, various government services would be made available to the people at the grass root level. Village level officers and employees of all departments would be stationed in these sachivalyas so that the people get all their government related works done under one roof, said the spokesman.
He said that in gram sachivalya, there would be separate room for sarpanch, panches, gram sachiv, a big hall for meeting of gram panchayat and gram sabha. Apart from this, provision of separate toilets for men and women would also be constructed. Besides, arrangement of Bank and other necessary facilities would also be made in these gram sachivalyas, said the spokesman.
He added that directions have been issued to all the gram panchayats to hold atleast four meetings of gram sabha.