KCR calls for 20-day 'Pattana Pragati'

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday called for a 20-day ‘Pattana Pragati’ Action Plan for implementing a similar cleanliness and tree planting drive in urban areas of the State and instructed officials to prepare plans for taking up the programme.

Chairing a meeting with Ministers, district collectors and senior officials from different departments at Pragati Bhavan on Palle Pragati programme, the Chief Minister said from now on, Palle Pragati should be held thrice a year for 10 days at a time in the months of June, September and



January.

He said the government will release the 14th Finance Commission funds for urban areas as part of the Pattana Pragati programme on the lines of releases to villages after the completion of municipal elections. He also called for starting a Centre for Urban Excellence to strengthen management in urban local bodies. There is also a need to further strengthen the Telangana State Academy for Rural Development to help village administrations in policy making, implementation and training of personnel.