Mangalore, October 6: Are states such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan paying the price for their alacrity in utilising and implementing Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)? Yes, feels MP Nalin Kumar Kateel. The Union ministry concerned is diverting funds allocated to such states to states such as Kerala, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh that are lagging in implementation of the scheme in an effort to help them catch up, he said.
Chairing the district vigilance and monitoring committee meeting of various centrally sponsored schemes here on Tuesday, Nalin said the Union government has not sanctioned funds to Karnataka under phase IX and X of PMGSY. A delegation of MPs from the state met Union minister for panchayat raj Jairam Ramesh in Delhi recently and apprised him of the problems faced on this account and Ramesh is aware of the situation, he pointed. During 2011-12, up to end of June 2011, a total of 138 road works were sanctioned and the length of road works involved in phase I to VIII (batch 11) is 533.56 km. Out of this, 124 road works totalling 508.22 km have been completed, executive engineer, PMGSY informed the meeting. Nalin said the minister, however, has given his consent to enable gram panchayats to carry out survey work for the future roads to be taken up under PMGSY. On the issue of writing a letter to Mangalore SEZ authorities to speedily complete the PMGSY road from Thokur railway gate up to MRPL in Mangalore taluk, Nalin told the engineer that non-completion of the road is causing inconvenience to people of the area.
"If you had informed me beforehand about the status of the road, we could have summoned MSEZ authorities and directed them to take corrective steps and get the work expedited," he noted. Shivarame Gowda, deputy secretary, zilla panchayat directed executive officers of taluk panchayats to ensure completion of Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendras in all 203 gram panchayats of the district before March 2012. The official also instructed the executive officers to pay due attention to expediting individual works under MGNREG scheme and meet stipulated targets. "There should be no financial spill over during the next fiscal," he noted.
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