Kokrajhar: Panchayat and Rural Development (P&RD) minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass announced construction of 1 lakh 5000 houses in Bodoland Territorial Region under the PMAY(G) at the cost of Rupees 1300 crore.
Talking to Reporters in Kokrajhar on Friday, the minister said under special consideration, the state government has decided to sanction construction of 1 lakh 5000 houses in Bodoland Territorial Region at the cost of Rs 1300 crore. The process will start in August 2021 and will be completed by 2022 next. He also said the state govt has handed over charge for creation of 690 contractual posts in Panchayat and Rural Development department BTR.
Das who is on a two days visit to Kokrajhar today attended a review meeting of P&RD department schemes on the implementation of projects under the schemes like PMAY(G), MGNREGA etc. The minister in his speech, said implementation of the projects shall be done properly so that poor people shall be benefited by the help of a hundred days working formula under the MGNREGA. He said if the P&RD Deptt. of BTR is fully implemented and then equally Assam also will be developed. He said officers must perform their duties in a transparent manner and expedite these development programmes. He said it is the responsibility of the officials to select the actual beneficiaries and the projects are implemented in a time-bound manner.
The review meeting was attended by BTC deputy chief executive member Gobinda Basumatary executive members Dr. Nilut Swargiary, Arup Kr. Dey, Principal Secretary P&RD Dr JB Ekka, commissioner P&RD Hemen Das, senior department officials, Block development officers among others.
