Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday has called upon the newly elected chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the Zilla Parishad at Pragati Bhavan to discuss on the development of the village region with Gram Swaraj as their aim.
Chief Minister assigned responsibilities to the newly elected local body representatives to play an active role by taking various measures to strengthen the Panchayat Raj institutions.
During the meeting, KCR explained the greatness of the Panchayat Raj movement and its aim for the development of local bodies. He added that the Panchayat Raj movement was formulated after the independence of the country to initiate local self-rule and make the states more independent and decentralize the power.
He also said the centralized administration had not yielded results on the field and for a long period, the local bodies functioned in tune with the spirit of the Panchayat Raj movement.
He observed that the spirit of the sanitary programme used to be the best which is totally lost in these days.
"After 70 years of independence, go to any village the unhygienic conditions will baffle you. Villages have become huge trash bins, why this degeneration? Why cry for drinking water? Telangana is very much in the villages. If we develop the village properly, the state will develop. You are all educated and hence can understand things in the right perspective. Vow to develop the villages. The change should be brought in the villages, which are in dire straits now. The change should be a qualitative one," he urged.
KCR also announced the release of Rs 10 crore from the CM Special Development Fund for the Zilla Parishad which stands first in reaching the target.
"In the past, ZP Chairpersons have no major work. Recently when I met the Central Finance Commission, I have explained to them about our system. I told them that ZP Chairpersons here are given the status of Minister of State. I also told that ZP Chairpersons would work actively henceforth. The Finance Commission Chairman has assured that necessary financial help will be provided," Rao said.
He mentioned that he has been thinking to transfer all the power and responsibilities as guaranteed under the Consitution to strengthen the system. The role of everyone is very high and every ZP should be very active and do their duty as they have got 32 ZP on their side which enhances the workload and responsibilities.
In another significant announcement, Rao said a training workshop would be conducted for the newly-elected chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the Zilla Parishad in Hyderabad shortly.
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