Collector A.Md. Imtiaz has said that the district administration has taken up development of 75 villages under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) scheme. Mr. Imtiaz held a review meeting with mandal level officers of the departments concerned on Wednesday.
He said the villages selected for the scheme had more than 50% Scheduled Castes population. He said ₹20 lakh for each village had been sanctioned and ₹80 lakh would be provided as matching grant by the respective departments.
Detailed project reports for all the development plans were ready and works would be taken up soon, he said.