Mangalore, Oct 26: Principal Secretary of Department of Agriculture and district in-charge secretary Bharat Lal Meena reviewed the progress of flagship projects or schemes implemented by the government which came under the purview of Dakshina Kannada district administration in a meeting with various department officials at deputy commissioner's office here on Saturday.
During the meeting, the requirement of land necessary to construct Anganwadis as well as hostels for students from backward classes was brought to notice of the district authorities who directed the department heads to process the applications where sites were required and dispose them speedily.
First'Janata Darshana' in Dakshina Kannada
The review meeting also discussed the arrangements made for the first'Janata Darshana' programme in the district that was scheduled on Wednesday in Belthangady taluk.
Speaking on the occasion, district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai instructed that all department officials should be compulsorily present at the Janata Darshan programme when the district authorities received and disposed complaints by members of the public.
Swachh Bharat Mission
Officials in charge of the'Swachh Bharat' cleanliness drive in Dakshina Kannada said that the cleanliness drive was successfully kicked off in all taluks of the district on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and an oath was taken by department officials and participating members at the end of the'Swachh Bharat Saptah' to keep their surroundings and public places clean.
The Swachh Bharat Mission was flagged off by PM Narendra Modi on October 2 as a nation-wide cleanliness drive.
In the review meeting, Mr Rai also directed the forest and revenue departments to conduct a joint survey in all villages in the district and submit a map of deemed forest land available in the district, including that which had been illegally acquired. The complete map and details of taluk-wise deemed forest land should be submitted to the district administration within six weeks, he said.
Deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim, assistant deputy commissioner Sadashiv Prabhu, CEO of Zilla Panchayat Tulasi Maddineni and others were present in the review meeting.
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