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Village Manchineellapeta, Post Laxmidevipeta, Mandal Vazrapukotturu Taluka Tekkali, District Srikakulam, State Andhra Pradesh. Pin code 532224.

SRIKAKULAM: District Collector N. Srikant on Tuesday directed officials of the Roads and Buildings Department to pursue the proposals for roads taken up under Remote and Interior Areas Development Scheme so as to get clearance in 30 days.

The roads at M. Rajapuram, K. Kaviti, Regupadu and Gumada to Donubai could not be taken up pending permission from the Forest Department, officials said. Only half of the Rs. 40 crores allocated for roads under RIDA has been spent.

Contractors were also not coming forward to take up works on the grounds of non-viability.

The Collector was reviewing the condition of roads, health facilities under RIAD Scheme and Forest Rights Act at the ITDA, Sitampeta. He directed the ITDA Project Officer to take action and improve the road from Palakonda to Sitampeta and Donubai.

An amount of Rs.1437.55 lakhs has been sanctioned for laying 67.5 km of road in 33 villages under the 12th Finance Commission grant.

Buildings have been constructed for the ashram school and degree college at a cost of Rs.114 lakhs.

The laying of road to the college would be handed over to Panchayat Raj or R&B Department, the Collector said.

Officials said the R&B Department had sanctioned Rs.1395 lakhs for roads in 44 villages. With the funds under NABARD works, Naupada to Manchineellapeta, NH 5 to Naupada Road, Nivagam to Jamaprakota roads were completed.

Moats

Mr. Srikant directed that moats be dug in tribal areas to prevent villagers from being attacked by elephants. An amount of Rs.20 lakhs had been sanctioned under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Gram panchayats should take steps to improve sanitation spending the Rs.2 crores allocated by the Twelfth Finance Commission. In his review of Forest Rights Act, the Collector said title deeds for 12,565 individual claims for 25,322 acres and for 274 community claims for 17,000 acres had been given.

ITDA Project Officer K. Satyavadi, MLA Nimmaka Sugreevulu, R&B Superintendent Engineer Somasekhar, Panchayat Raj SE Bochcha Appala Naidu, deputy DM&HO Ramprasad, Mandal president K. Saraswati attended.