MLAs bring to Minister’s notice many issues at NTR District Review Committee meet

NTR district In-charge Minister emphasizes coordination for district development, flood compensation distribution, and agricultural insurance schemes.

People’s representatives and officers should work in coordination for the overall development of the district and to bring solutions to problems, NTR district In-charge Minister Y. Satya Kumar Yadav said.

At the District Review Committee meeting in Vijayawada on November 30, Saturday, the Minister, who holds the Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education portfolio, enquired with the officers about the progress of development works in 34 departments in the district.

Vijayawada MP Kesineni Sivanath, Collector G. Lakshmisha, MLAs from Mylavaram, Jaggayyapeta and Tiruvuru Vasantha Venkata Krishna Prasad, Sriram Rajagopal-Tataiah, Kolikapudi Srinivasa Rao respectively and others discussed issues with regard to medical and health, irrigation, horticulture, rural water supply, road and house construction, among others.

Around ₹304.08 crore has been spent on distributing compensation to beneficiaries after extremely heavy rain triggered floods in Vijayawada in September first week, officials informed the Minister, who commended their efforts in distributing flood compensation in a speedy manner.

Officials said programmes such as ‘Polam Pilustondi’ are being organised every Tuesday and Wednesday to raise awareness among farmers about the advanced technologies in agriculture. To support farmers who suffered lossed due to natural calamities, the Central and State governments are implementing the PM Fasal Bima Yojana through the agency, Tata AIG Insurance Company, in NTR district.

Officials explained that the insurance amount for paddy and maize is ₹42,000 per acre whereas the insurance premium is ₹126 per acre. For a groundnut crop, the insurance amount is ₹28,000 per acre and premium is ₹56 per acre. Paddy farmers need to pay the premium before December 31, while maize and groundnut farmers have to pay the same before December 15.

The MLAs raised the issues of providing financial assistance to the families whose houses were destroyed due to rockslides recently, the need for modernisation of schools damaged by floods, need to set up Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) purchase centres, setting aside of some money from the market yards’ income for development of link roads, among others.