Express News Service
First Published : 08 Feb 2010 01:52:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 08 Feb 2010 06:59:56 AM IST
PALAKKAD: The government will implement a special scheme for continuing the Eco-restoration Programme at Attappadi, said Local Self-Government Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty.
The programme which is currently being undertaken by the Attappadi Hill Area Development Society (Ahads) and funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, is set to end in March.
He was speaking at a function held to hand over the keys of the houses built by Ahads, to its beneficiaries at Vetiyoor in Attappadi on Sunday.
The minister added that the success of the ‘green scheme’ at Attappadi was due to public participation. Pudur panchayat president Prakash Thomas presided over the meet.
Later, Paloli inaugurated the stage built by Agali panchayat.
He also released the working plan document for Scheduled Tribes proposed to be implemented under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).
Paloli also disbursed the scholarships to the children of workers who have registered under the NREGS.
Paloli Mohammed Kutty said that schemes to improve the productivity of agriculture needed to be taken up under the NREGS.
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