Various departmental work worth `1,225 crore have been approved under district plan at a meeting of the District Planning Committee held at the district panchayat meeting hall here on Saturday. District in-charge Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu presided over the meeting, said an official statement.
In the meeting, `26.41 crore work plan has also been approved from the backward region grant fund for the year 2013-14. In the work plan for the year 2013-14, at least one work each has been sanctioned to the 352 village panchayats of the district from the backward region grant fund.
The district in-charge Minister said the Ahata construction work should be done at the girls’ ashrams and hostels buildings on priority.
He said that special priority should be given to electrification, water and health related work under the backward region grant fund. In the meeting, approval has been given to various work to be done from the MP, MlA funds in the year 2013-14.
Home, Jail and Cooperatives Minister Nanki Ram Kanwar, MlA Jaisingh Agrawal, District Panchayat president Shakuntala Kanwar, mayor Jogesh lamba, collector Rajat Kumar, superintendent of police BN Meena, district panchayat chief executive officer JP Pathak, additional collector Iffat Aara and officers from various departments were present in the meeting.