Bhubaneswar: In October 2024, the state government took an innovative step like ‘Gramoday’ for the overall development of Maoist-affected areas of the state. Odisha Chief Secretary Anu Garg today reviewed how the schemes and programs of various departments are being implemented in the areas concerned under this initiative.
Presiding over the state-level meeting held at the conference hall of Lok Seva Bhawan, she directed and advised various departments to implement facilities in a saturation mode to the people and beneficiaries of the areas concerned to ensure the success of all government schemes and programs. Secretaries and senior officers of various departments concerned attended the meeting and provided information about the steps taken by the departments and discussed the same.
‘Gramoday’ was started with the aim of establishing mutual trust between the government, administration and the people towards development by implementing community and family-based welfare schemes and basic amenities in saturation mode in Maoist-affected areas.
Under this initiative, 57,296 families in 484 villages in 192 gram panchayats of 39 blocks of 10 Maoist-affected districts of the state have been identified and various programs have been taken on priority basis. These districts include Bargarh, Boudh, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Rayagada districts.
To monitor and expedite the development work in the identified areas of these districts, a state-level steering committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, a district-level committee under the chairmanship of the District Collector, a block-level committee under the chairmanship of the BDO and a village panchayat-level committee are being formed to monitor and supervise the work. For this, a baseline survey was conducted by the officers of 20 departments concerned and special steps have been taken to achieve the target of 100 percent in various areas.