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AP State wins over 60 Skoch awards
Because of the “team spirit” among employees, the state government achieved more than 60 Skoch awards this year, under various categories, informed Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.
Amaravati: Because of the “team spirit” among employees, the state government achieved more than 60 Skoch awards this year, under various categories, informed Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu.
During a teleconference on Neeru – Pragati on Monday, he said that all these awards were due to the efforts put by the state government for the last four years. All these awards are dedicated to the public, said the Chief Minister.
Chandrababu Naidu said that the other states got only 20 to 30 awards this year, but AP stood best among all others. Panchayat Raj department secured 4 Gold awards, 1 silver and 3 order of merit awards, total 8 awards.
The Irrigation Department achieved 19 awards including 3 Platinum for Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme, NeeruChettu and Real Time monitoring of groundwater levels, 5 Gold awards for AP Water Resources Information System, Purushottapatnam Lift Irrigation Scheme, Gandikota LI Scheme, Muchumurri LI Scheme and Revival of defunct LI Scheme, 8 Order of Merit Awards and one Bronze Award apart from Platinum Award of State of the Year in Irrigation under National Significant Award category and Platinum Award for overall water resource departent. Appreciating the efforts of all the officials, Chandrababu Naidu directed them to strive to achieve 15 percent growth rate as this financial year target.
