Hyderabad, January 17: Chief Minister K Rosaiah sought the support of all legislators and Parliament Members of the State in continuing the development and welfare programmes in the State.
Rosaiah today initiated the process of putting his administration back on the rails by calling a meeting of elected representatives from Mahabubnagar district to discuss various issues related to development. Addressing the representatives of the district, he lamented that the pace of development had slowed down in the last three months because of the developments.
Mahabubnagar MP and TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao was conspicuous by his absence at the review meeting while Congress MP Manda Jagannatham attended.
Legislators of Telugu Desam and Congress parties also attended the meeting.
He said that though the funds for the scholarships and fee reimbursement were released they did not reach the students, as there was no coordination between the departments concerned. The Chief Minister said that in the recent floods about 17,000 houses have been damaged in Mahaboobnagar district. Construction of houses was going on and a team from the Netherlands had extended its support to build the houses, he informed.
The team was asked to build some houses with their technology in the districts and if the officials were satisfied with them, the Government would take up the construction with their help, Rosaiah said. Under Rajiv Arogyasri programme about 28,000 persons were given medical assistance at a cost of Rs 62 crore in the district, he said and added that 4,000 health assistants have been working under the National Rural Health Mission.
The Chief Minister said that there were about 3.5 lakh job card holders in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and so far Rs 565 crore has been spent to provide employment.
Koilsagar, Bhima, Mahathma Gandhi and Nettempadu lift irrigation schemes have been proposed in the district with a cost of Rs 10,500 crore to irrigate 15 lakh acres of land, he said.
–Agencies