CS: Speed up zero poverty campaign | Lucknow News
Lucknow: Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh on Friday directed district magistrates to speed up the process of linking identified families with various schemes under the zero poverty campaign, set to be launched in few weeks. He said that meetings should be organised in village panchayats from June 15 to 21 to select beneficiaries for the Antyodaya card and ineligible cardholders should be removed from the list.He directed the DMs of Agra, Balrampur, Bulandshahr, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kannauj, Kushinagar, Lucknow, Prayagraj and Varanasi to expedite the process of revising circle rates. The CS was informed that 51 districts completed the circle rate revision and new rates are expected to be issued by June 9 in Etah, Shamli and Kaushambi. Discussing the recruitment of Anganwadi workers, the CS said that court cases and complaints must be resolved to complete the recruitment process and directed the Prayagraj DM to expedite the recruitment process. The selection process for 21,547 vacancies was completed in 74 districts and appointment letters were distributed to 18,882 recruits. The CM commended the efforts by the Jalaun district administration for reviving the Noon river and making cow shelters self-sufficient.The Jalaun DM said that the Noon was revived through public participation, providing water to farmers in 47 villages and protecting land in 12 villages from flooding. A control room was established for CCTV monitoring of cow shelters and 150 women self-help groups were linked to cow shelters for producing cow-based products.The CS directed all districts to select one river each in their area for revival.
