Every village will turn like a Gangadevipally: KCR

Gangadevipally (Warangal): “What the people here have achieved is a model for other villages in the country. The development that the village has witnessed in the last couple of decades has compelled me to come here,” the Chief Minister, K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) said, while formally launching on Monday the “Grama Jyothi” programme aimed at empowering gram panchayats for all-round development of villages. 

He said the village was the prime example of disciplined community development as the people here never waited for somebody to come and help them to lead a systematic and self-reliant life. He promised to ensure that rural development get priority. He said the scheme would spread illumination among people in rural areas. 

If the people understood their strength as a community, they can do wonders, KCR said, pointing to the success Gangadevipally had achieved. He said instead of looking at the government all the time, the people need to understand their strength as a community and develop their villages.

Referring to his interaction with the villagers, the Chief Minister appreciated



the thoughtfulness of the people who expressed pain at chopping of trees to lay power lines by the TS Transco. He directed the Transco officials to re-lay the power lines, so that there was no need to fell trees.

“If all the villages follow the suit of Gangadevipally, we can achieve Bangaru Telangana,” KCR said, referring to the success achieved by Ankapur villagers in Nizamabad district. Pointing to the traditional method of farming by the villagers, he advised the villagers to go on a study tour to Ankapur, where farmers adopted modern farming methods in cultivating commercial crops like turmeric, sweet corn and maize on a large scale, and achieved self-sufficiency. 

“I sanction Rs 10 crore although the Gangadevipally gram panchayat wanted Rs 7.28 crore for various developmental works, but the onus is on the villagers to demonstrate their intelligence in utilising these funds when I visit the village next year,” KCR said. He also sanctioned a 100 KW transformer, drip irrigation facility, double bedroom houses for the poor, drainage soak pits, graveyard and a residential school for the village.