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KCR for model village in every district
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, buoyed by the successful implementation of the 2BHK scheme in the two villages adopted by him in the Siddipet constituency, is now keen on selecting one village in every district and converting it into a model village in the next two years.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, buoyed by the successful implementation of the 2BHK scheme in the two villages adopted by him in the Siddipet constituency, is now keen on selecting one village in every district and converting it into a model village in the next two years.
The State government has fallen back on this idea as the 2BHK scheme could not take off on as large a scale as the government wanted, despite the allocation of substantial funds. In many districts, the contractors were not willing to the construct the houses at the price fixed by the government.
The government wanted the houses to be constructed at a cost of Rs 5.50 lakh per unit in the districts. However, private agencies are demanding Rs 7.50 lakh per unit.
The Chief Minister expressed his happiness at the timely completion of the houses in Erravelli and Narasannpet villages adopted by him.
While participating in the mass house-warming ceremony there on Friday, KCR discussed with Housing Minister
A Indrakaran Reddy and Principal Secretary to Housing Chitra Ramchandran the possibility of executing the scheme in a similar manner in all other districts.
KCR was keen on adopting one village in every district and establishing model villages with all basic amenities and infrastructure like safe drinking water, sanitation, road network, power supply and other facilities, sources said.
The sources said that KCR had instructed the district collectors and incharge ministers to identify suitable villages that could be developed as model villages.
The officials have been asked to send proposals, along with the district plans, for inclusion in the State’s annual budget for 2017-18. These model villages would have internet connectivity.
Each of the model villages would also be made cashless by allocating special funds in the budget. The Chief Minister directed officials to complete the house construction works taken up in some districts where the tenders had been finalized, but the works were moving at a snail’s pace.
