Display list of beneficiaries of various schemes, CM to panchayats

Kangra, June 10 (UNI) With a view to bring about transparency and efficiency in the functioning of the panchayats in Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today asked all panchayats to display the list of IRDP and other beneficiaries of various welfare schemes.

Addressing a public meeting at Bhedu Mahadev in the district after inaugurating the Rs 40 lakh Block Development Office building, he said displaying the list of the people at panchayat offices would bring about transparency and efficiency in the functioning of the panchayats.

Mr Singh said 22,000 rural women would get employment in 11,000 new aganwadi kendras that the state government was opening soon, taking the number of the anganwadi kendras to 18,000.

The centres were also necessary to educate the rural people about the nutritional value necessary for the school children, he said, adding that 150 anganwadi centers would be opened in Bhedu Mahadev development block alone.

Asserting that Himachal was one of the first states in the country to implement the 73 rd Constitutional Amendment besides the three tier system, he said awareness was necessary to make government officials accountable.

He said senior government officials also need to work with devotion and dedication to ensure that the benefits of the scheme reached the targeted people.

The chief minister said the drinking water problem of Sulah area of the district had been solved satisfactorily by augmenting various other drinking water schemes.

Mr Singh also sanctioned one jeep for Bhedu Mahadev BDO for touring of the area and supervision of the development projects in the area.

Revenue Minister Sat Mahajan and Tourism and Transport Minister G S Bali were also present on the occasion.

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