Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday released Rs 250 crore to implement Dalit Bandhu in four mandals in identified four Assembly constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Accordingly, the Telangana State Scheduled Castes Development Corporation deposited the funds in the accounts of the respective district collectors.
As per directions of CM at the district collectors conference on Saturday, Rs 100 crore have been released for implementing the Dalit Bandhu scheme in Chinthakani mandal of Madhira Assembly constituency in Khammam district on a saturation mode.
An amount of Rs 50 crore each was released for implementing the scheme in Thirmalagiri mandal of Thungaturthy constituency of Suryapet district, Charagonda mandal of Atchampet and Kalwakurthy constituencies of Nagarkurnool district, and Nizam Sagar mandal of Jukkal constituency in Kamareddy district.
With the MLC election code ending recently on November 14, the CM instructed the collectors to expedite implementation of the scheme in the four mandals as well as Huzurabad Assembly constituency. The scheme will be implemented in a phased manner and extended to at least 100 families each in all the remaining Assembly constituencies before March 2022.
