Hyderabad: Special Chief Secretary for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj M. Dana Kishore directed district officials to ensure farm ponds completion by finishing 13,046 farm ponds across Telangana by August 15.
He issued the directions during a State-level video conference on Tuesday from the office of the Commissioner, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. District Rural Development Officers, District Panchayat Officers, Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Parishads, MPDOs, Panchayat Secretaries and other district and mandal-level officials attended the meeting.
Farm ponds completion tops Telangana Jalasiri agenda
Dana Kishore reviewed the implementation of VB-G RAM-G, Telangana Jalasiri and the Gram Panchayat Samagra Abhivruddhi Pranalika (GPSAP). He instructed officials to complete 100 per cent identification, administrative sanction and grounding of farm ponds in every Gram Panchayat.
He also directed every district to develop at least 50 eco farm ponds through convergence with SERP-NRLM, the Animal Husbandry Department, the Horticulture Department and the Fisheries Department.
Furthermore, he instructed officials to give top priority to water conservation works under Telangana Jalasiri. These works include farm ponds, soak pits, percolation tanks, borewell recharge structures and open wells.
Farm ponds completion requires daily monitoring
Dana Kishore directed district officials to conduct daily field inspections and hold regular review meetings with mandal-level officers. He also instructed them to closely monitor the progress of works to ensure the targets are achieved within the stipulated timeline.
In addition, he directed officials to complete the manual preparation of Gram Panchayat Samagra Abhivruddhi Pranalika (GPSAP) plans. They were also asked to compile Gram Panchayat-wise data for preparing a three-year perspective development plan for all Gram Panchayats.