22nd September, 2003
Ministry of Rural Development  


MAHARASHTRA GETS FUNDS FOR RURAL SANITATION


Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs 256.59 lakh to Maharashtra under Total Sanitation Campaign. An amount of Rs.118.13 and 138.46 lakh has been released towards the first installment to Osmanabad and Buldana Districts under Total Sanitation Campaign of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme.

Ministry has released 50,000 MTs. of foodgrains (Rice) to the State Government of Maharashtra under the Special Component of the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) during 2003-2004. The foodgrains would be utilised for completion of relief works already started in the drought affected districts of the State. These districts are : Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Beed, Latur, Nashik, Osmanabad, Pune, Sangli, Satara and Solapur.