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Govt to allow private stake in rural highways
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The state cabinet on Friday approved the formation of a Highway Development Corporation to improve rural infrastructure in Bengal.
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108 ambulance facilitates 1,658 institutional deliveries in rural areas
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"In 2011, the service transported around 5.20 lakh patients, of which 1.32 lakh were pregnant women who were transported for deliveries," ZHCL chief executive officer Sweta Mangal said.
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Odisha CM stresses on need over development of villages
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik criticizes opposition Congress over nasty political game. He said this while addressing a meeting at Laikara Block of Jharsuguda District.
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ZP, PS poll scene hots up in Wardha
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The final scene for civic polls emerged on Monday with 389 candidates in zilla parishad and 694 in pachayat samiti remaining in the fray.
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Poll pitch intensifies in rural Koraput
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Electioneering for the three-tier panchayat polls has reached a fever pitch with political parties organizing public meetings, rallies and campaigning door-to-door in rural areas
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Central funds for irrigation & roads
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Union rural development minister, Jairam Ramesh, on Monday offered financial assistance to the state government for watershed management for the next 10 years.
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The cry of a poor panchayat
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Located 15km from the main town of Canacona, Khola village panchayat oversees a population of a little over 5,000 living across nine wards.
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Villagers protest against teacher for showing students porn on laptop
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Members of six village panchayats staged a protest on Monday, demanding the suspension of a JBT teacher with immediate effect for showing obscene pictures on his laptop to students.
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Government to book cocompanies for road project delays
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The rural works department (RWD) has decided to file an FIR against some construction companies engaged in construction of rural roads for inordinate delay in completion of some projects.
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Rs 2k cr for drinking water in draught-prone Bankura
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Union minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 2,000 crore for providing safe drinking water in draught-prone Bankura.
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`Rs 2,000 cr for drinking water in Bankura
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Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today granted Rs 2,000 crore for providing safe drinking water to the people of Bankura district. The Centre has already approved Rs 1,000 crore for the first phase implementation of the project, the minister said here today.
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Ramesh, Subrata discuss rural jobs
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The Centre is receptive to the Mamata Banerjee government’s idea of paying beneficiaries of the 100-day work scheme under MGNREGA on a weekly basis.
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Just 3 villages in district get total sanitation status
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The poor result for 2010-11 has prompted officials of the zilla parishad (ZP) to prepare a fresh proposal for re-verification of 50-odd villages which had applied for the total sanitation status but failed to achieve it.
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Villagers on the warpath over ORR plan
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The municipality authorities' outer ring road (ORR) project has stirred a hornet's nest with people of 10 villages abutting Ongole questioning the rationale behind the scheme.
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Near blackout in 200 Chamba villages
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More than 200 villages, out of 1,113, in Chamba district have been facing power cuts since last week, making it difficult to for the people to beat the biting cold conditions.
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Defunct panchayats raise fears over action plan
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The changes effected at the top of the panchayat and rural development department by chief minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the rural polls are unlikely to percolate to the grassroots level due to defunct gram panchayats.
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Trinamul leaders to bank on rural electrification
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In spite of the allegations of non-performance and corruption in Trinamul Congress-led Zilla Parishad, Trinamul Congress leaders are not worried. They are, in fact, confident that they would win the hearts of the rural people with the distribution of electricity in several villages by March this year.
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Odisha: Villagers To Protest Against Non Construction of Bridge after Collapse of 120 Year Old Bridge
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Large numbers of villagers of both the side of the river Budha a tributary of Baitarani in Jajpur district have decided to stage a protest against the failure of the authorities to commence works on the new bridge at Rudhia
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Perform or face action, minister tells panchayats
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The new minister for panchayat and rural development department, Mr Subrata Mukherjee, today warned gram panchayats that funds in future would be withheld in case of poor performance.
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VP conducts inspection of Rumdamolmadrasa
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Following complaints over the construction of an alleged illegal madrasa in the Rumdamol housing board locality, the village panchayat of Rumdamol Davorlim carried out a site inspection on Wednesday.
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Gram sewak gets notice in employment scam
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Mahatma Gandhi Gramin Rojgar Yojana (MGGRY) has been introduced by the Central government to assure at least 100 days employment every year for the unemployed, but a gram sewak of village
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Govt Asks CEOs To Bar Goats, Sheep In JFM Villages
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The chief secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad has set a deadline for all zilla parishad chief executive officers (CEOs) to follow guidelines to strengthen joint forest management (JFM) and eco-development committees (EDCs).
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Dalit panchayat chief resigns over officials' incompetence
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A Ramachandran (62) said his panchayat comprised 11 villages, a population of about 12,000 and 7,500 voters.
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Koraput villagers 'harassed' by BSF men
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People from several villages in Koraput's Boipariguda block have accused Border Security Force (BSF) personnel of unnecessarily harassing them.
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Fertilizer, power supply to villages to be ensured
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Madhya Pradesh chief secretary Avani Vaish has instructed the district collectors and divisional commissioners to ensure adequate supply of fertilizers and power to the farmers.
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