Sunday, January 10, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Naxal-affected Ambedkar grams to get concrete roads

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Naxal-affected-Ambedkar-grams-to-get-concrete-roads/565548

Naxal-affected Ambedkar grams to get concrete roads

Lalmani Verma Posted online: Sunday , Jan 10, 2010 at 0350 hrs
Lucknow : Villages in Naxal-affected areas with substantial Dalit
population, which the state government selects as Ambedkar Gram, will
now have cement concrete roads (CC-Roads) in future. Over 87 such
villages would likely be benefited with
CC-Roads first in the current financial year.

A fund of Rs 31.6 crore has been released for these 87 villages
recently and Ambedkar Gram Vikas Department has issued directives to
Rural Engineering Services (RES) and Public Works Department (PWD) to
complete the construction of CC-Roads by March 31.

These 87 villages are located in Sonbhadra (41 villages), Chandauli
(15) and Mirzapur (18), besides Deoria (13). The PWD will develop the
roads in Deoria while the RES has been assigned the task of other
three districts.

"It will be first time when CC-Roads are going to be developed in
Ambedkar Grams in Naxal-affected areas. Earlier, brick pavements were
being made there," said Balvinder Kumar, principal secretary at the
Ambedkar Gram Vikas Department.

Every year, the state government selects certain villages with
substantial Dalit population and declares them as Ambedkar Gram. This
entitles the villages to get basic amenities like roads, drains,
toilets, power, drinking water, health facilities and houses for the
poor on priority.

In the current financial year, 2,195 villages were selected under the
Ambedkar Village Scheme. Out of them, 731 villages were selected from
the Naxal-affected areas.

Earlier, there was provision for development of brick pavements in
these villages. In 644 villages out of these 731, brick pavements had
been constructed by December 2009. Later, state government decided to
construct CC-Roads in the rest 87 villages.

In villages of other areas, not affected by Naxal activities, CC-Roads
are being constructed from several years. Sources said the
construction of brick pavements was continuing in Naxal-affected areas
due to negligence of government.

In all the 731 villages, source said, progress is above 90 per cent in
construction of toilets, approached roads, electrification,
distribution of land lease, houses, agricultural land and water
supply.

"Panchayati Raj Department has released the money for CC-Roads. RES
and PWD will start work in the villages very soon," Kumar said.

Meanwhile, the government has sought suggestions from various
departments regarding identification of villages as Ambedkar Gram for
the next financial year. Officials said over 2300 villages are likely
to declared as Ambedkar Gram in the next fiscal.


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