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Plans afoot to upgrade Lambada thandas into gram panchayats
Panchayat Raj Minister K T Rama Rao on Wednesday said the Telangana government was planning to decentralise power by granting more powers to panchayats and sarpanches. Speaking after releasing a booklet titled “A Year of Progress and Prosperity” of Panchayat Raj Department at the Secretariat here, the Minister said that development in rural areas could be ensured only through the empowerment of Panchayat system.
Hyderabad: Panchayat Raj Minister K T Rama Rao on Wednesday said the Telangana government was planning to decentralise power by granting more powers to panchayats and sarpanches. Speaking after releasing a booklet titled “A Year of Progress and Prosperity” of Panchayat Raj Department at the Secretariat here, the Minister said that development in rural areas could be ensured only through the empowerment of Panchayat system.
Therefore, he said, the Telangana government proposed to upgrade all small villages and Lambada thandas into gram panchayats soon. He hoped that the upgrading process would be completed before the next panchayat elections. Rama Rao said the tax collection in nearly 2,000 panchayats was 100 percent while the overall collection in the State was about 67 percent.
He said the tax collected from panchayats would be spent for their own development. The State government had already initiated the process to improve road connectivity in villages at a cost of Rs 5,470 crore, he said, adding that about 35 lakh saplings were being planted on either side of village roads.
