The Hindu 29.03.2010

DPC gives nod for works of Rs. 29.20 cr under BRGF

Correspondent

VIZIANAGARAM: District Planning Committee, which met here on Sunday, approved the revised estimates for 2010-11 for 3,568 works at a cost of Rs. 29.20 crores under the Backward Region Growth Fund. Bellana Chandrasekhar, ZP Chairperson presided over the meeting.

Of the sum Rs. 3.83 crores was allocated for the four municipalities and Rs. 25.37 crores for panchayats. Mr.Chandrasekhar said out of the works 561 would be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 47.77 crores under SC plan and 360 works at Rs. 28.80 crores under tribal sub-plan and the proposals for them had already been submitted to the committee. The meeting also ratified modifications made in works already proposed in Nellimarla, Vepada, Dattirajeru Bondapalli, Gurla, Garividi and a few other mandals and approved by a high power committee during 2008-09 and 2009-10. The chairperson said Rs. 4 crores was already released for drinking water and an additional sum of Rs. 4 crores would be released, if necessary. MP Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi said administrative sanctions given to execute works must be completed in a time frame to receive more grants from the Centre. Collector G. Ram Narayana Reddy, ZP CEO Kondayya Sastry, MLAs B.Appala Naidu and B. Appala Narasaiah and ZPTC members were present.