THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The District Planning Committee (DPC) has given sanction for projects worth Rs 121 crore planned by the District Panchayat during 2011-12. While addressing a press meet here on Wednesday, District Panchayat president Ramani P Nair announced the details of the projects. “As many as 543 new projects have been planned for this year. The ` 121,70,43,218-projects aim at the overall development of the district. They include projects in agriculture, sanitation, education, health and women’s welfare. The amount includes ` 56,29,85,509 of Plan allocation, ` 12 crore of maintenance grant, ` 3.46 crore of non-road section and amount allocated for Central schemes like NRHM, SSA and RKVY. For the first time, the District Panchayat will join hands with grama panchayats in implementing projects on palliative care, food security, comprehensive farming etc,” Ramani said. “One of the major projects is the free mobile dialysis unit worth ` 50 lakh. The project is being planned with the support of Sri Satya Sai Orphanage Trust,” Ramani said. An amount of ` 10 lakh has been granted for the herbal therapy of autistic children. As part of eradicating cancer from the district, a ` 22.5-lakh project was announced. It will be implemented with the support of Regional Cancer Centre. ` 1.80 crore has been granted for the renovation of District Hospital, Neyyattinkara. ` 15 lakh has been allocated for ‘Santhwanam’ - the palliative care project. And ` 20 lakh for solid waste management project. As much as ` 36.55 crore has been earmarked for road development, ` 1.29 crore for food security and ` 5 crore for various water supply projects in the district. As part of attaining self-sufficiency in agriculture sector, District Panchayat, in association with various grama panchayats, will implement projects for comprehensive farming. ` 2.89 crore has been earmarked for this. The project will be implemented first in Kilimanoor. Three schools, Govt HSS Venjaramoodu, Govt HSS Vellanad and Govt HSS Punnamoodu, were declared as model schools in the districts. These schools will get ` 10 lakh each for their development. ` 1 crore has been allocated to establish a KILA centre at Vithura. To buy vehicles for Buds School, ` 80 lakh has been allocated. ` 75 lakh has been granted to provide better education for SC/ ST students. As part of ‘Vidyaprasadam’ project, evening tuition and food will be provided to the poor and needy students. ` 15 lakh has been given for Vidyaprasadam project. As many as 15 schools will get new biogas plants as ` 9 lakh has been allocated for the project. The schools under the District Panchayat will bear a common look as the council is planning to paint common colours for the school. Explaining on women welfare measures, Ramani said, “‘Punarjani’ is a project to rehabilitate destitute women and children, ` 29 lakh has been allocated to construct a centre in Venjaramoodu. A 90-cent land has been identified for that. The project will be implemented with the support of Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society.” “` 10 lakh has been allocated for girls’ schools to fix napkin vending machine and destroyer. This will be implemented as a pilot project. If found successful, it will be implemented in all government schools in the district,” Ramani said. Projects for infirm and HIV-infected children were also announced. Vocational training will be provided for such children.
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