Telangana plans Panchayat Sammelan for rural development

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday decided to conduct Panchayat Sammelan in all the districts within a fortnight. As part of the Sammelan, interactive sessions for elected representatives from rural local bodies and Panchayat secretaries will be held and they will be trained about their duties and responsibilities as well as the new Panchayat Raj Act.

“We will explain to them how the villages should be developed. After giving them 10 days to improve conditions in their villages, the State government will conduct surprise checks and in case of no improvement in overall functioning of the respective gram panchayat, action will be initiated against those who are not



up to the mark,” the Chief Minister said.

During the District Collector’s conference held at Pragathi Bhavan here, the Chief Minister said special flying squads would conduct surprise inspections in villages across the State to examine the conditions in villages after Panchayat Sammelan and submit reports to the State government. The Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues will also conduct surprise checks in some villages. While action will be initiated against villages which are not up to the mark, villages which achieve visible development by maintaining clean and neat surroundings, will be rewarded, the Chief Minister said.