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Not just in Hyderabad, former Sarpanches in different areas across the State were arrested and were being prevented from staging protests

BRS Quthbullapur MLA KP Vivekananda Goud questions the rationale behind merging the gram panchayats which would force locals to pay taxes on par with Hyderabad, but without proper infrastructure.

The State government issued an ordinance expanding the urban area upto Outer Ring Road (ORR) and beyond by merging 51 Gram Panchayats with nearby municipalities.

The Congress has promised to implement 42 percent reservations for BCs in local body elections in its manifesto for Assembly polls.

Preparation of draft electoral rolls of gram panchayats duly indicating the ward divisions and display of the same at panchayat and mandal Praja Parishad will be done on September 6.

At many places, spraying of disinfectants and sprinkling of bleaching powder is also turning into a challenge for panchayats, which once used to sweep performance awards at the national level.

Harish Rao strongly criticized the government for failing to address the needs of gram panchayats and challenged the Minister to identify any falsehoods. He questioned whether it was true that the State government had not released monthly allocations to the gram panchayats even after nine months in office.

The Chief Minister said the previous government had upgraded thandas into gram panchayats, but had not taken any measure for their development.

Says panchayats finding it hard to deliver services due to lack of funds

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.

Despite toiling hard for long hours, multipurpose workers in different Gram Panchayats are not getting their salaries for more than three months

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