The Ministry of Rural
Development has released Rs.89.25 lakh to Davengere district of
Karnataka for planning and development of the Watershed Development
Projects during the current year. The Ministry has also released
Rs.88.61 lakh to Tamil Nadu for planning and development of watershed
projects for implementation of Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP),
during the year 2002-2003. Out of this, Virudhnagar district gets
Rs.68.48 lakh and Puddukottai gets Ras.20.13 lakh.
The State Governments
should release their share to the districts, within a fortnight
of the date of release of the Centre share.
The Ministry of Rural
Development has also released Rs.74.36 lakh to Malappuram district
of Kerala as central share of assistance under Employment Assurance
Scheme – Watershed Component under Integrated Wasteland Development
Programme (IWDP). The expenditure on implementation of the programnme
is to be shared on 75:25 basis between the Centre and the State
respectively.
