Rajnagar: As many as 33 villages of Kendrapara district including four of Rajnagar block have been included under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY).
The four villages of Rajnagar block included under the yojana are Rajnagar village of Rajnagar panchayat, Righagarhgaon of Ishwarpur panchayat, Bhagabanpur of Ostia panchayat and Tetelenga of Koilipur panchayat.
Once included, the villagers hoped they would have drinking water facility, illumination of village streets, drainage facility, good road communication facility and clean environment.
The pictures of their villages would change for better. But, things did not take shape as expected. Rajnagar village is a case in point. The village was included under the yojana four years ago.
Then Rs 40 lakh was provided for development of the village. The irony is that the money is still lying unutilized. According to sources in the block, in the first phase Bhagabanpur and Rajnagar villages have received Rs 20 lakh and Rs 9.50 lakh respectively.
Teteleng and Righagarhgaon villages will soon receive their money under this yojana.
Notably, the yojana was launched on a pilot basis in 2009-10. Its aim is to bring about a sea change in these villages with over 50 per cent of its population being Scheduled Castes.
PNN
