Chief Executive Officer of the Kalaburagi Zilla Panchayat Anirudh Sravan has directed officials of the Social Welfare Department to adopt the successful model of Vijayapura district in curbing pilferage of funds and fudging of attendance in schools covered under mid-day meal scheme.
Speaking at the monthly Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) review meeting here on Tuesday, Mr. Sravan said that the SMS system adopted by Vijayapura district to get daily attendance of students school-wise has been successful in preventing fudging of attendance.
It has helped officials save more than Rs. 74 lakh this year in the implementation of the meal scheme.
The officials of the Social Welfare Department told the meeting that during the current academic year, 2,77,540 students studying in government schools and 82,415 students in aided schools have been covered under the meal scheme and Ksheera Bhagya where milk is given to students.
Water shortage
Referring to drinking water shortage in villages in some taluks, including Aland, Mr. Sravan asked the officials to hasten the process of completing the multi-village drinking water supply scheme. It was said that 19 multi-village drinking water schemes were in different stages of completion. Once work is completed, it would help solve drinking water shortage in 80 villages permanently. Mr. Sravan said that all ongoing schemes should be completed before the end of December this year. He pulled up officials for not maintaining regularity in supplying drinking water through tankers in Nimbarga and Kadaganchi which villages are facing acute drinking water shortage.
He said that the officials should ensure that there was no drinking water shortage in the Central University of Karnataka.
Social Welfare Dept. officials in Kalaburagi told to emulate model implemented in Vijayapura district
