Chittapur MLA Priyank Kharge has come out with a novel idea to take up the all-round development of villages under the ‘Namma Uru’ scheme by providing them all basic facilities including hundred per cent sanitation, drinking water, roads with drains and solid and liquid management facilities in Chittapur Assembly Constituency, which is one of the most backward taluks in the State.
In the first phase, the most backward eight villages would be selected under the scheme. Development works would be taken up by pooling resources available under the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Special Component Plan and Tribal Sub Plan funds as well as special funds of Rs. 1 crore each for the selected villages provided by the Hyderabad Karnataka Region Development Board (HKRDB). In another first in the State, Mr Kharge has started a citizen’s helpline with a dedicated telephone number 18604254040 for the people in his constituency to register their complaints and suggestions on all matters pertaining to the development of the constituency. Even corruption issues can be brought to the notice of the legislator through a simple call.
Mr. Kharge said that this was one effort to engage the people in the constituency in development activities.
Mr. Kharge added that the ACC Cement Factory at Wadi and the Orient Sugar Factory in Chitapur taluk have agreed to release Rs. 7 crore every year under the corporate social responsibility activities.
The eight most backward villages will be selected
in the first phase
