The works recommended by the Members of Parliament under the MP Local Area Development Scheme should be completed within the stipulated time by the Districts Collectors, said Chief Secretary S.P. Singh here on Tuesday.
Each MP is sanctioned ₹5 crore a year in two instalments and of this 15 per cent of funds be spent for SC habitations and 7.5 per cent of funds on ST habitations as per the Central Government instructions.
The MPLADS State-level monitoring committee met at the Secretariat and was attended by MPs Bandaru Dattatreya, K. Keshava Rao, Jitendar Reddy, Gutha Sukhendar Reddy, K.Visweshwar Reddy, Capt. Lakshmikanta Rao, Malla Reddy besides Planning and other department officials. They suggested that District Collectors should personally review the progress of the works in their districts and ensure they were completed within the stipulated one year period.
The sanctioning process for works in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation should be simplified. Priority should be given for sanction of works under the employment guarantee scheme, they said.
Mr.Singh said the MPLADS would be reviewed specially in the video conference with the District Collectors. Instructions would be given to the Collectors to review the progress of each work sanctioned under the scheme.
Planning Special Chief Secretary B.P.Acharya said there were 17 Lok Sabha members and 10 Rajya Sabha members in the State. The MPLADS works were monitored through the website. Of ₹172.5 crore sanctioned for Lok Sabha MPs under the scheme, ₹33.7 crore were sanctioned for works related to SCs and ₹25.33 crore for works for STs.
Of ₹135 crore sanctioned for STs, works worth ₹22.66 crore for SCs and works worth ₹15.73 crore for STs were sanctioned, he said. The works sanctioned under the MPLADS should be completed within a year.
Of ₹253 crore works sanctioned by the Lok Sabha MPs, works worth ₹166 crore were completed and remaining works were under progress.
The Rajya Sabha MPs sanctioned works worth ₹140 crore and works worth ₹95.29 crore were completed and facilitation centres were started in 15 nodal districts, he said.
