HYDERABAD: Extending Dalit Bandhu scheme to four more mandals, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has said the pilot project will be implemented in four assembly constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs).
Chintakani mandal in Madhira constituency of Khammam district, Tirumalagiri mandal in Thungaturthy constituency of Suryapet district, Charagonda mandal in Achampet constituency in Nagarkurnool district, Nizamsagar mandal in Jukkal constituency of Kamareddy district, covering north, east, west and southern parts of the state, have been identified to implement the scheme.
The state government has already taken up Dalit Bandhu in Huzurabad constituency on a pilot basis and in CM KCR’s adopted village, Vasalamarri in Yadadri-Bhongiri district. The state government had released Rs 2,000 crore for Huzurabad and another Rs 760 crore for Vasalamarri for implementation of the scheme. A survey has been taken up in Huzurabad to identify prospective beneficiaries.
“It has been decided to understand the sentiments and needs of dalits and also the intricacies of the scheme. As part of this, in addition to Huzurabad, the CM has decided to select four mandals in four assembly constituencies. All the dalit families in these mandal would be covered,’ the chief minister’s office (CMO) said.
The CM would convene a review meeting in Hyderabad with all ministers, MLAs, district collectors from these concerned areas after returning from Delhi.
After the CM’s announcement on extension of the scheme to four mandals, there were celebrations in these areas. In Tirumalagiri and Jukkal mandals, TRS leaders and dalits celebrated and garlanded the statues of Ambedkar and Jyothirao Phule and portrait of KCR.
