Employment Guarantee Scheme In Villages
The district administration is geared up for implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in 95 villages coming under the 19 panchayat unions in the district. A release from the district administration said that 1,148 chosen works would be implemented in the 95 villages in the district in the first phase.
The scheme that began from April 1 is aimed at providing employment to those above 18 years and willing to put in physical hard labour. Employment would be provided for a minimum of 100 days through which right to employment would be ensured by providing jobs. The objective of the scheme is to provide urban infrastructure and economy in rural areas to prevent people from migrating, providing power to the rural people and ensure equality of status.
The jobs to be undertaken will include creation of tanks, lakes and ponds, renovation of existing water bodies, desilting and maintenance of canals and streams, strengthening of the bunds in irrigation tanks, laying of new mud roads and taking flood control measures. Identity cards have been issued to those who had enrolled and works had commenced in most of these places.
