Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that MlAs should monitor the execution of developmental schemes going on in the villages and inform it to the department accordingly. According to CM, the act will ensure checks and balances as well as better monitoring of the development works being carried in the villages. Das was holding a review meeting of Yojana Banao campaign at his official residence in Ranchi on Thursday.
According to Das, 2016-17 budget is being planned keeping the villages in mind as the development of state will take place only if the villages of the state become prosperous. The involvement of women also needs to be increased in the developmental works. The CM directed the officials to include more and more women in the developmental works by forming self help groups in the villages and establish proper coordination between the departments so that the schemes could be properly brought on the ground.
“There will be no dearth of money to complete the projects in the State,” ensured the CM.
Das also stressed on the conservation of water in the villages by proper planning. “The non-functional ponds and wells should be revamped immediately and also new wells and ponds should be dug up, if needed. These works should be expedited so that the projects could be visible before the next monsoon,” he said. In order to judge the situation in a proper way, external agencies could also be hired, he said.
“Small ponds should also be dug up in the fields by handing over the responsibility of identification of place to the villagers. It should also be ensured that the work gets completed within the stipulated time frame for which help of the gram samities could also be taken,” he added.
The CM also directed the officials to promote livestock rearing and said that availability of veterinary doctors was also important for implementing the schemes in the villages. “Rearing of goat, pigs and chicken should also be promoted for which time to time training programme should also be imparted to the women and youths of the villages,” the CM added. The doctors must go to the villages and proper monitoring of it must also be done,” he said.
The meeting was also attended by Principal Secretary of Finance Department Amit Khare, Principal Secretary of Water Resource Department Sukhdeo Singh, Principal Secretary to CM Sanjay Kumar, Principal Secretary of Water and Sanitation Department AP Singh Agriculture Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni etc.