Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today reviewed Praja Patham-2012 with ministers and officials at Secretariat. The Praja Patham will be held from April 15 to May 5 in every village. The Chief Minister will inaugurate the program on April 15. He will hold a video conference on Praja Patham with all district officials on Wednesday from Secretariat.
The Chief Minister said that hereafter same Cabinet sub-committee will look after both the Praja Patham and Rachabanda programs. The Chief Minister today reviewed the schedule of Praja Patham programme, priority themes and important guidelines. He also 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 crores immediately for shifting of LT lines in the housing colonies. He also asked the officials to closely monitor the 108 Emergency and 104 Services and ensure their prompt functioning. He wanted enough medicines to be procured and stored in the medical depots. He wanted more hospitals to be opened in the tribal areas.
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 grassroot Panchayat and Municipal Ward Members.
Praja Patham will be held from April 15 to May 5 covering all Gram Panchayats\Wards in the State. Visits to Gram Panchayats\ Wards will be held from April 16 to May 5. Priority themes in Praja Patham 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.
The program will also ensure drinking water availability in all the Gram Panchayats/Wards and immediate relief by transport and other means. It will also ensure Seven Hours Power Supply to farmers–Necessary arrangements to be made for keeping the transformers in condition for ensuring 7 hours of power supply and issues such as shifting of LT/HT electrical lines passing over fields, religious structures and houses.
The People’s representatives will enquire about the availability and functioning of physical infrastructure and medical staff. Arogyasri, 108 and 104 services – enquiring the local people about the quality of service delivery and timely availability of these health services. Pavala Vaddi dues will be distributed to all the rural and urban IKPs during the Praja Patham. The program is to be planned meticulously to visit each and every Gram Panchayat/Ward by the team of officials along with public representatives.
Ministers Kanna Lakshminarayana, Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, N Raghuveera Reddy, Dharmana Prasada Rao, D. Manikya Vara Prasad, Sunitha Laxma Reddy, Sreedhar Babu and Kondru Murali Mohan, Principal Secretary, Planning, S.P. Tucker, Principal Secretary, Rural Development, R Subramaniam, Secretary, Finance, Pushpa Subramaniam, Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare, Praveen Prakash, Principal Secretary to CM, Binoy Kumar, Secretary to CM, K S Jawahar Reddy, Special Secretary to CM, S S Rawat, Addl. Secretary to CM, N. Sreedhar and other officials attended the meeting. (NSS)