Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will launch the Praja Patham programme from Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
The Chief Minister who left for Visakhapatnam on Saturday will launch the Praja Patham programme at Zilla Parishad School at Nakkapalli on Sunday at 11.15 am.
Ministers, MPs, MLAs and other public representatives will simultaneously launch the programme at various places in the State. Inspired by the success and response from the people of the State during the previous five successive rounds of Praja Patham programme, viz., during 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, the State Government have decided to mount this initiative during 2012, yet again.
According to a CMO release, Praja Patham is an interaction between the public, their elected representatives and a team of public servants. Praja Patham focuses on a set of priority issues, appropriate for the time of the year and area/habitation concerned. It involves all the public representatives right from Member of Parliament to the grass-root Panchayat and Municipal Ward Members.
Prajapatham – 2012 will be held from 15th April to 5th May 2012 covering all the Gram Panchayats\Wards in the State. Visits to Gram Panchayats\Wards will be held from 16th April to 5th May, 2012.
In order to conduct the Praja Patham programme successfully across the State, the Government has already released Rs.7.82 crores to 23 districts vide G.O. 456. Besides Rs.1600.31 crs is released as input subsidy to be distributed to farmers in the drought-hit areas. This will be distributed during the Praja Patham programme. The amount will be deposited directly to the farmers’ accounts online. It may be stated here that 737 model schools will be established spending Rs.2,200 Cr. Under the Prime Minister’s Grameen Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), Rs 265 Cr additional funds are also being released by the Centre to Andhra Pradesh.
A Cabinet sub-committee will look after both the Praja Patham and Rachabanda programmes. The Chief Minister has already directed the finance department to release the required funds for drinking water and other works under Contingency Relief Fund (CRF) and non CRF.
The Chief Minister directed release of Rs 25 Cr immediately for shifting of LT lines in the housing colonies. Priority themes in Prajapatham are MGNREGA, Drinking Water (Rural and Urban), Seven hours Power Supply to farmers and Health related issues – visits to PHC/CHC and Arogyasri, 108, 104 services, Pavala Vaddi (IKP) Rural and Urban. (INN)