Day long meeting with Bdos to boost progress of development schemes in Burdwan

Meeting from 11 am to 4.30 pm at VC room. Details later...

MGNREGA Burdwan updates in November 2012

As per the monthly progress reports as on 30th November 2012 Burdwan district incurred  expenditure of Rs 366 crores creating man days of 199.90 Lakhs i.e. 200 lakhs.

• District provided employment to 5.97 Lakhs families in the current year.
• Average days per family is 33 days.
• Burdwan remains at the top in terms of expenditure and employment generation in the country.

You may also check earlier reports at http://teamburdwan.blogspot.in/2012/11/mgnrega-burdwan-records-man-days-of-190.html.

• Now, in view of paddy harvest and potato sowing in rural areas and also due to non availability of further funds, new works are not yet commenced in the district at present. We hope that by the middle of this month fresh work will start at full swing in the district.
• This year district is set to spend Rs 500 crores and employment generation of 300 lakhs mandays by the end of financial year. We have a growth of 250 percent over previous years.

Well done Team Burdwan.

Health camp to follow up eye surgical intervention of school students

Burdwan conducted free treatment and surgical operations of students under Innovative funds of NRHM in last six months. After successful intervention benefiting more than 200 students so far, special health check up was organised by Sarva Siksha Mission today at Sanskriti to allow up of earlier cases operated upon and to help fresh cases. Total 187 students attended. Free spectacles were also provided after correction of vision.

In a similar programme at Kulti today we provided prosthetic aids to 122 disabled persons today on world disability day.

Circular has been issued to schools to refer any case for free treatment at Govt cost and free aid and appliances on recommendation by school authorities.

Well done Team Burdwan.