‘A ZP resolution should be submitted to the government’
Vice-president of the Kodagu Zilla Panchayat H.M. Cauvery said on Monday that the State government must include Betta Kurubas in the list of Scheduled Tribes to enable them to get benefits due to the community.
She made this point at the monthly KDP meeting held at the Old Assembly Hall in Madikeri presided over by president of the zilla panchayat Ravi Kushalappa, according to a press release.
A resolution should be passed in the meeting and submitted to the government, Ms. Cauvery said.
Chief Executive Officer of the zilla panchayat N. Krishnappa said that the State government had constituted a commission to take up a comprehensive study of SC and ST communities in the State. It would be good if the proposal (to consider Betta Kurubas as ST) was submitted to the commission.
Kodagu Social Welfare Officer Rajesh Gowda said that his department had written to the State government to consider Betta Kurbas as a Scheduled Tribe. He would remind the government of it again. Mr. Krishnappa asked the social welfare officer and the Integrated Tribal Development Project (ITDP) officer to take steps to assess the socio-economic status of SC and ST communities in Kodagu and the extent of government benefits that reached them.
Deputy secretary of the zilla panchayat S.Y. Basavarajappa said that Rs. 18.92 crore had been spent under MGNREGA scheme in Kodagu and Rs. 1.27 crore had to be spent. Mr. Krishnappa said a proposal seeking Rs. 9 crore had been submitted to the government in the current year of which Rs. 1 crore had been released. Funds were being provided based on the requirements of gram panchayats, Mr. Krishnappa said.
He said 52 drinking water projects were energised in the district recently, and asked the Executive Engineer of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) to complete 18 such projects by March-end.
Mr. Kushalappa asked CESC to follow up the work on Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyudeekaran Yojna providing electricity to BPL households in the district and ensure that it was completed by March-end.
source: http://www.TheHindu.com / National> Karnataka / By Staff Correspondent / Mysore, March 13th, 2012
