Khammam, November 25: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday stated that his government would establish model schools in 33 out of 46 mandals in Khammam district.
Participating in the Racha Banda programme held at Ramakrishnapuram in Chintakani mandal, the Chief Minister stated that the government would set up model schools at a cost of Rs 3 crore to improve the educational facilities in the backward Khammam district. He said that the government was spending Rs 5,600 crore on scholarships of 27 lakh students in the state.
Listing out the achievements of Congress government, he said so far 52 lakh houses have been constructed for the poor since 2004. He said the government would also complete the remaining 15 lakh houses which are at various stages of construction across the state.
Stating that of Rs 22,000 crore loans given by the nationalized banks across the country, women’s Self Help Groups from the State got the lion’s share of Rs 10,000 crore under the Pavala Vaddi scheme. He praised the SHGs for being punctual in repayment of loans. He said the government is planning to sanction loans to the tune of Rs 10,000-15,000 to SHG members wherein they will have to just send an SMS for the loan.
The Chief Minister said that the government would construct buildings in 1048 mandal headquarters in the state at a cost of Rs 25 lakhs under the Stree Shakthi Scheme. He also announced that the government would issue Aadhar cards to all in the State by next March 2012.
Earlier, the Chief Minister launched Indira Jala Prabha programme at Kondaigudem village in Chandrugonda mandal for the first time in the Telangana region. He said the Indira Jala Prabha programme would benefit 31,000 SC/ST farmers in the agency region of Bhadrachalam mandal. He said the Jala Prabha programme was aimed to bring under irrigation 10 lakh acres with an estimated cost of Rs 1,600 crore.
——Agencies