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Chief Secretary SK Joshi reviews progress of works in district
Chief Secretary SK Joshi directed all District Collectors to identify people who are above 57 years of age and upload the details on the government website for sanctioning Asara pensions
Vikarabad: Chief Secretary SK Joshi directed all District Collectors to identify people who are above 57 years of age and upload the details on the government website for sanctioning ‘Asara’ pensions. He interacted with all District Collectors via video conference from Hyderabad on Thursday. He reviewed construction of individual toilets, Panchayat elections, land procurement etc. The Chief Secretary sought a special plan of action from the Collectors for providing pensions to 57-year- old to 64-year-old persons from April next year as directed by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. “Prepare the list of the new pensioners with accurate data and forward it to the officials concerned without any delay and hold village meetings to resolve the complaints and list district-wise beneficiaries of pensioners.
On Swatch Bharath, Joshi asked the Collectors to speed up construction of toilets in the villages, release funds for individuals as the Swatch Sarvekshan teams will visit the districts. Village panchayats are likely to get funds and speed up the toilets construction in Anganwadis and schools and upload the data. Strictly follow guidelines for holding panchayat polls with equipment as details sent with regard to SC, ST and BC and women reservations of sarpanches and ward members in panchayats, he said, adding that priority should be given to sportspersons and ex servicemen for quota to fill panchayat secretaries and categorize with ranks and marks. Speed up the process of national highways and railway land acquisition as the Chief Minister is keen.
Responding to the CS queries, District Collector Syed Umar Jaleel said 39,206 people aged between 57 and 64 years were identified. Construction of toilets with Rs 10 crore under ‘Swachh Bharat’ scheme were nearing completion and some works were in final stage, and they would be finished in a month. DRO Mothilal, DRDO Johnson, DFO Venumadhav, DPO Majeed, RDOs of Tandur and Vikarabad Venumadhava Rao and Vishwanadham were also present.
