Leh: The pace of development in Ladakh after it become Union Territory on August 5 can be gauged from the fact that the projects worth Rs 8200 Lakh are under execution to revamp infrastructure at panchayat levels.
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These projects are also aimed to provide wage employment, sustainable development and creation of durable assets, besides enhancing and expanding the livelihood.
“Out of Rs 8200 Lakh, 27 Panchayat Ghars are being constricted with cost Rs 945 lakh, 30 BDO, BDC Offices at an cost of Rs 1140 lakh, Common Facility Centres (CFCs) in all 193 Panchayats at a cost of Rs 5790 lakh and Public Libraries in 13 Blocks at an estimated cost of Rs 325,” he added
Credible sources informed Indus Dispatch that the projects worth Rs Rs 8200 Lakh are under execution across the Union Territory. He added that the Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department is implementing a number of centrally sponsored and state sector schemes like, MGNREGA, PMAY-G, Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen), Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), Special Development Package (SDP) and State Sector (Capex Budget).
“These projects are being executed with the aim to provide wage employment, sustainable development and creation of durable assets, besides enhancing and expanding the livelihood base of Self Help Groups (SHG) under National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM),” he said
He said that under SDP, State Plan & Centrally Sponsored Schemes and these are at various stages of execution.
“The major components towards development of rural infrastructure Panchayat Ghars, BDC Offices & BDO Offices in every block,” he added
“Under the SDP, 27 Panchayat Ghars at an estimated cost of `945 lakh, 30 BDO BDC Offices at a cost of 1140 lakh are being constructed. ` Construction of 10 Panchayat Ghars and 30 BDC/BDO Offices has already been completed,” he told Indus Dispatch.
“Common Facility Centres (CFCs) for providing internet enabled G2C services in all the 193 Panchayats at a cost of 5790 ` lakh are being constructed under SDP out of which construction of 27 CFCs have been completed,” he said.
He further informed that new Public Libraries in 13 Blocks at an estimated cost of 325 lakh are being set ` up under the State Plan and construction of 9 public libraries have been completed.
He added that Ladakh Gram Sadak Yojana (LGSY) is a UT initiative towards providing road connectivity to all the Panchayats and Panch wards of Ladakh under which 71 roads are being constructed and 30 roads have been completed this year.
He further informed that A s a n i n i t i a t i v e t o w a r d s d a t a connectivity, V-SAT and internet facilities (in all 193 panchayats) are being provided under Bharat Net. IT Infrastructure for all the Panchayats and Block Development Councils have been provided under Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) scheme and SDP respectively.
