Kangra district declared first in the country in Geo Tagging of assets under MGNREGA- CM honored all officials

Dharamshala, January 18, 2017: Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh honoured all the Rural Development Officers including all BDOs of Kangra district for achieving 100 per cent Geo Tagging of assets under MGNREGA.

Presiding over the function organized at the cabinet Hall in the Mini Secretariat,at Dharamshala on Wednesday, Singh expressed happiness over the achievement of Kangra district being first in the country in Geo Tagging of assets under MGNREGA. He said, “though Kangra district is the largest district of the state but the leadership and team work of the Rural Development Officers paved the way for being the first district in the country in Geo Tagging.” He said that this step would help in integrated development of all sectors like agriculture, irrigation, education, health etc.

Virbhadra Singh told that no prejudice should come into play and the execution of development works should be people orientated and not politics driven. He said, “ it is a wonderful achievement but continuous vigil should be maintained so that the development and progress of all MGNREGA works could be ensured.” He said as development was a continuous process all positive steps should be taken to ensure that it was not hindered at any stage.

Chief Minister told that Geo Tagging was a use of GPS based location information through mobile app Bhuvan digitizing field information on Bhuvan Geoportal. He showed pleasure over the achievements of Kangra district as Rs.81.1 crores were spent against the total budget of Rs.100.56 crores upto January this year generating 25,89,912 mandays. A total of 97.70 per cent job cards were verified and in the maintenance of 7 new registers the achievement was 100 per cent under MGNREGA , he added.

Earlier, DC CP Verma while welcoming the chief minister and other guests briefed about the feat of Kangra district achieving 100 per cent target in geo tagging of Assets under MGNREGA. He told that there were 3,253 villages under 748 gram pachayats in the district. A.D.C. Dr. Rich Verma presented the vote of thanks.

Urban Development Minister Sudhir Sharma, Chief Secretary V.C. Pharka, Additional Chief Secretaries Tarun Shridhar and Dr. Shrikant Baldi, were among the prominent persons present on the occasion.