The bill aims at the formation of Bhadrachalam, Seetharam Nagar and Shanthi Nagar gram panchayats by dividing the gram panchayat which has nearly 75,000 population.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Harish Babu alleged that due to the incompetence of the Congress government, the local bodies in the State were suffering from lack of funds.
BJP MLA Payal Shankar alleged that governance in rural and urban local bodies was in very bad shape due to non-release of funds as also non-payment of salaries to the sanitation workers for the last seven months.
There are over 2000 multi-purpose workers serving in 589 gram panchayats (GPs) in Khammam district and around 18, 000 workers serving in 481 GPs in Kothagudem district.
The term of gram panchayats in the State expired on February 1 this year and the State government had appointed special officers in their place. The term of the MPTCs and ZPTCs will end on July 3.
The department also stressed on the need for a coordinated effort in cutting down such incidents, especially use of snares or traps connecting electricity lines.
Jain said that for the tribal farmers who depend on agriculture for their livelihood in the agency areas, measures were being taken by ITDA to sink bore wells and dig water ponds to ensure water availability throughout the year for growing crops.
The operators were engaged to digitize 2.83 lakh applications received from the public to extend benefits of six guarantees under Abhaya Hastam during the eight-day Praja Palana programme held in the district.
District Collector VP Gautham instructed special officers of the gram panchayat to carry out their responsibilities diligently, ensuring seamless delivery of public services and preempting any potential issues.
The government has also tasked the gram panchayats also with operations such as chlorination and cleaning of OHSRs, issue of new tap connections, and repairs to pipelines
Interacting with BRS party municipal councilors in Telangana Bhavan in Sircilla on Friday, Rama Rao wanted the cadre to work with new enthusiasm in the new-year.
The Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal demanded that Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and the minister concerned should own moral responsibility for the decision to dissolve all gram panchayats.
Eye screening was completed in 63 gram panchayats and 21 municipal wards in the district as on Thursday while in 43 gram panchayats and 13 wards the camps were in progress.
TPCC president A Revanth Reddy said sarpanches across the State were facing hardships in executing different works due to lack of funds in respective panchayats.
