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Panta Sanjeevani to cover 1 lakh farm ponds in EG
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It is targeted to take up one lakh farm ponds under Panta Sanjeevani programme in East Godavari district to conserve the ground water for irrigation purpose, said Nimmakayala Chinarajappa, Deputy Chief Minister.
Peddapuram (East Godavari): It is targeted to take up one lakh farm ponds under Panta Sanjeevani programme in East Godavari district to conserve the ground water for irrigation purpose, said Nimmakayala Chinarajappa, Deputy Chief Minister. He launched the district-level Janmabhoomi- Maa Vooru programme at Chadalada village in Peddapuram mandal on Saturday. The minister said that the massive programme would be taken up through National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). This programme would help to protect the water from wastage and to use it for immediate need of the farmers for protecting the crops. He mentioned that this would also help the farmers to take up horticultural crops on bunds of the ponds besides increasing ground water level. “Possessing a minimum of two cents is sufficient for taking up these ponds,” he said.
The Minister requested the farmers to make use of the facility. Speaking on laying of CC roads in the villages, he said that Rs 160 crore of NREGS and 13th Finance Commission funds would be spent for this purpose apart from drains in all villages in the district.
While speaking on public grievances in the villages, he said that implementation of welfare programmes in a transparent way would be necessary for minimising the public grievances. Modernisation works of Yeleru reservoir project in the district would be taken up with Rs 26 crore. He assured the farmers of providing irrigation water for second crop in the district.
Collector H Arun Kumar said that 1.4 lakh new ration cards would be given during Janmabhoomi programme in the district. All eligible would be covered under welfare schemes. Chadalavada village possesses cent percent individual sanitary latrines to become open defecation free-village, he announced. Earlier, Minister visited all the hamlets of the village to sensitise the public on sanitation and health. MLC B Baskara Rama Rao, Joint Collector S Satyanarayana, Peddapuram RDO Visweswara Rao and district officials of various departments attended.
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