Hyderabad: Works will be taken up under MGNREGS directed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar

Hyderabad: Government priority works in the villages like the construction of vaikunta dhamams, dump yards, rythu vedikas, drying platforms (kallams), village parks, sheep/ cattle sheds, etc will be taken up under Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Telangana from this year.

Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar directed the officials to prepare an action plan to tie up MGNREGS funds with departmental development activities duly converging the available funds in the departments. De-silting of feeder channels and irrigation distributaries along with infrastructure in housing colonies will also be taken up under the scheme and the official emphasised on the need to focus on government priority works in the villages.

He asked the departments to identify and prepare a seasonal calendar of works to be taken up under the programme. The official instructed the departments to prepare standard designs and estimates to take up the works in a systematic way, duly preparing village/ mandal/ district wise plans.