The Governing Board members of the Pahari Korva Development Authority have suggested provision of solar power supply arrangements for the remotely located ‘Korva villages’ in Chhattisgarh.
The suggestion was made during the Governing body meeting of the Authority at the district headquarters here on Thursday. Addressing the meeting, Authority Chairperson Munni Bai directed that the workon cottages being prepared for the Korva tribe be completed at the earliest. The meeting endorsed the Action Plan for the selected ‘cluster villages’ under the account of the Pahari Korva Development Authority for 2013-14.
The members at the meeting suggested inclusion of more villages besides the 35 selected ‘cluster villages’ inhabited by Pahari Korvas. It may be mentioned that the development blocks of Ambikapur, lunda, Batauli, Sitapur, Mainpat, lakhanpur and Udaipur are included under the Pahari Korwa Development Authority in Ambikapur. The population of the Pahari Korvas in the development blocks is 9,061 and in the cluster villages is 2,662.
District Collector R Prasanna informed in the meeting that 20 per cent of the tribal seats are reserved for the special backward classes as per State Government directive for joint recruitment and other such drives. The members in the meeting also discussed works underway under Agricultural Development Programme, Forest Development Programme , Skill Development Programme, Irrigation and Drinking
Water Provision Programme ,Health and Medical Services besides Housing. Moreover, a team headed by the Authority Chairman and two members had been formed to inspect the cottages which have been prepared without adhering to standard quality standards.