Kannur Corporation tops in fund utilisation under AMRUT scheme
The Hindu
Civic body spends 62.29% of the amount allocated for projects under five sectors
The Kannur Corporation has topped all the civic corporations in the State in fund utilisation on projects executed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme.
The corporation is also second in expenditure, after Alappuzha, among the nine mission cities, which include Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Kollam, Kochi, and Guruvayur.
The corporation has spent ₹199.54 crore, which is 62.29% of the total amount allocated for the scheme. The projects are carried out under the five sectors of water supply, sewerage and septage management, stormwater drainage, urban transport, and green space and park.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists