Every household will have a toilet and water connection; the schools will have proper lighting and ventilation, quality mid-day meal will be served according to the menu, separate toilets for girls and boys, sanitation and development of gardens etc.
These will be the features of 12 gram panchayats of the district which have been selected for being developed as ‘model villages’. All the Government schemes in these gram panchayats would be implemented in a better way said Collector Bhim Singh who has prepared an action plan for development of the selected villages in the district.
Singh issued directives to the Head of different departments for better implementation of departmental schemes in these villages.
The Collector said that apart from basic needs, the administration will focus on eradicate malnutrition from these villages. All the Angawadi centres will have proper lighting, fans and toilets. Regular meetings of gram panchayats will be organised in the villages to know the problems and requirements of the villagers. Dissemination of information about the government schemes and their publicity will be done in these gram panchayats.
Training will be given to youths to develop skill to help them in becoming self employed. Besides this, the internal electrification, drainage for domestic waste, dustbins for collection of garbage and setting up of biogas plants for all the households of the villages. Suitable pasture land will also be developed for cattle in these model gram panchayats.
Proper attention will be given on pregnant women to ensure 100% institutional deliveries. Regular meetings of self help groups (SHGs) will be organised in these villages.
The Collector directed for regular operation of fair price shops and organisation of monthly rice festival in these model villages.
He also emphasised on computer literacy, internet connectivity and library in these villages.
Singh said that the land records should be completely computerised and all the beneficiaries should get benefits of pension and social security schemes. All the farmers of these villages should be registered and social evils like dowry, drug addiction, untouchability etc should be completely stopped in these villages, added Singh.
The selected gram panchayats include Doma, Rudri and Puri of Dhamtari development block, Semra B, Hanchalpur and Karga of Kurud development block, Mohndi, Kareli Choti and Borsi gram panchayats of Magalod development block and Birgudi, Umargaon and Belargaon gram panchayats of Nagri development block.