Various Schemes Inaugurated by Commerce Minister in Andhra Pradesh
Various Schemes Inaugurated by Commerce Minister in Andhra Pradesh
Minister of Commerce & Industry, Smt. Nirmala
Sitharaman visited her adopted villages – Pedhamayanavanilanka & Toorputallu
in West Goadavari district of Andhra Pradesh and dedicated various projects
to the two villages, completing one year of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana in
the two villages.
In the last one year, following projects have been completed under various sectors
:
Drinking water : Improving the quality of drinking water
On account of being located on the sea coast, the two adopted villages were
forced to drink water with high salt content. In order to tackle this problem
and provide them with purest form of drinking water :
(1) Funded by MPLADS funds, RO water treatment
plant (3000 LPH) at Toorputallu was inaugurated on 8th April,2015
(2) Funded by MPLADS funds, RO water treatment plant (4000 LPH) at Pedhamayanvanilanka
was inaugurated on 17th Oct, 2015
(3)Funded by MPLADS funds, Second RO water
treatment plant ( 3000 LPH) at Toorputallu was inaugurated on 17th
October,2015
Sanitation & Cleanliness: Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
(4) Bio-digester based toilets:
• The two
adopted villages are the first villages in the country to have individual Bio-
digester based toilets developed by DRDO
• A pilot
project with around 44 bio-digester based toilets funded under CSR of Jyothy
Labs was completed on 8th April,2015 when these bio-digesters
were dedicated to the two villages. The bio digester toilets have
received an overwhelming response from the villagers.
• On 27th August,2015
, MS Swaminathan Foundation conducted a third party review of the
performance of bio-digesters and concluded that the bio-digester toilets
were indeed functioning well and that there was an increasing demand for
bio-digester based toilets in rest of the households.
• Bio- digester
based toilet is the next age Sanitation Technology which does not require
Sewage system, does not pollute water , recharges the ground water and saves
government resources by eliminating the need for maintenance of sewage system.
No evacuation of bio digester tank for lifetime. Hence, eliminating
manual scavenging in any form (as night soil, as a dried manure in
single and twin pit toilets ). The effluent water is free of any disease
carrying pathogens, free of odour and colourless. Effluent water is safe.
Additionally, it recharges water table with clean water.
(5) Integrated Solid Waste Management Program
• An Integrated
Solid waste management program for the two villages was inaugurated on
7th April,2015
• Each
household was given dustbins
• Sanitation supervisors
were employed to collect waste from each household in the two villages
§ These supervisors were equipped with tricycles to
collect the waste from each household
§ A designated dumping yard was earmarked
§ The collected waste is being now dumped at
the designated Dumping Yard
(6) Community Infrastructure
Multipurpose Disaster Relief Center
• A multipurpose cyclone relief building funded by the World Bank was
inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister on 17th October,2015. This
center will act as a disaster relief center for the adopted village during the
time of cyclonic disturbances and for rest of the year will be used as a
center for computer training, skill development center for women and for other social
gatherings.
(7) Education
• Class X
students of the two villages had to walk between 5-7 kms to reach their
examination center for Board Exams. On 13th Feb, 2015 an examination center was
established in Toorputallu for Class X students of the two villages so
that they do not have to walk miles to appear for their examinations
(8) Financial security :
• Special Camps
were organised between 16th- 18th November in the two villages to ensure that
all the households are covered under Jhan Dhan Yojana and AADHAR Scheme .
• Today,
every household in the two villages by and large has at-least one bank account
• Both the
villages have 100 percent AADHAR linkage
• Special camps
were organized by Vijaya Bank in the month of May,2015 to enroll with the
Financial Security schemes ( Atal Pension Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Bima
Suraksha Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana) recently announced in the general
budget 2015 . Approximately 70% of the villagers have been registered
with these schemes.
Clean Energy
(9) Solar Lanterns
· 3500 Solar Lanterns for all the households in the two adopted villages were
distributed on 17th Oct, 2015 .
· Solar lanterns are of particular utility in these two villages because of
the majority of population being that of fishermen who often venture out
in the sea at late night
· Solar lanterns developed by SECI & NREDCAP, Andhra Pradesh also have facility
to charge the mobile phones
Skill development
(10) Aqua culture
• MS
Swaminathan foundation has volunteered to get involved in the development of
the two villages and since August, 2015 has been conducting studies to evolve a
comprehensive mechanism of increasing the quality and the quantity of
aquaculture in the two villages.
(11) CC Roads
· Funded by MPLADS funds, 4 highest priority CC Roads were provided in the
two villages
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