For dealing with problems like drought and floods caused by climate change, a State-level workshop was held here on Wednesday.
During the workshop, discussion was held for carrying out works to mitigate climate change effects by taking up various projects under MNREGS. For execution of the project , a discussion titled ‘Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth (ICRG) was also held.The workshop was organized jointly by Panchayat and Rural Development Department and ‘Samaj Pragati Sahyog’ a non-governmental organisation.
Officials informed that under the ICRG, 30 most backward blocks of the State will be identified were most negative climate change effects are happening and accordingly a working plan will be prepared at local level to deal with the problem.Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development Department PC Mishra informed that under MNREGA is a kind of institution that connects public representatives and people in most numbers. Therefore MNREGA has been selected for executing climate change mitigating works. Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bihar have been selected for carrying out climate change mitigation work under this scheme.