Collector and District Election Officer Deepak Arya said that under the Panchayat elections, 65.52 and 84.3 percent voting took place in Nawalpur Gram Panchayat of Rahli and and Markheda Jagir of Jaisinagar tehsil respectively, thus the total voting was 72.49 percent.
Collector and District Election Officer Deepak Arya told that polling started at 7 am and ended peacefully at 3 pm. After the polling was over, the counting of votes was done at the polling stations only.
After the election of 86 Panchs, the counting of votes was done at the polling stations only, while the counting of votes of 5 Sarpanchs will be done on January 9 in the concerned block, said Deputy District Election Officer Sushri Shashi Mishra.
He told that 22,680 voters were to vote in today's polling, out of which 15,860 voters used their votes. Thus 69.93 per cent of polling took place. He said that maximum polling in the district took place in the Deori block, where 5,797 voters exercised their votes.
Ikshit Gadhpale, CEO District Panchayat, on Tuesday, Said that In 734 village panchayats of Sagar district, 7340 farm ponds will be built in the next three months. These ponds will irrigate 36 thousand acres of agricultural land in rural areas of the district. The excavation of the pond was to be started on 20 March. But due to the failure of rabi crops to be harvested during this period, pond digging work will be started after 15 days.
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Work Will be done under MANREGA
Further, he said that 10 farm ponds will be dug in every village panchayat of the district under the MGNREGA scheme. For the purpose of water conservation, this work will be done in mission mode. For this, responsibilities have been assigned at different levels from employment assistant of Village Panchayat to Secretary, Deputy Engineer, Assistant Engineer and District CEO.
Task Will be completed by 20 May 2021
A target has been set to complete this work by 20 May 2021. The selection of the beneficiaries and sites, from the issuance of geo-tag, TS and AS, detailed information of evaluation and verification of construction works will have to be sent to the APO of Zilla Panchayat Sagar. Different time limits have been set to complete 25 to 100 per cent of the construction of farm ponds.
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CEO Panchayat will keep a vigilant eye on the work
The District Panchayat CEO will review work. The CEO has clearly directed the subordinate staff that the construction work of farm ponds will not be tolerated lately. Action will be taken against the concerned people when complaints come to light.
In the month of February, the secretaries who do not decide the names of 10-10 beneficiaries in each panchayat will not get the salary for the month of February. On the other hand, if the target is not met by May 20, the salary of the officers and employees will not be given for the month of April-May.
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Each Panchayat's Water Storage Capacity Will Go Up to 3600 Cubic Meter
Each panchayat will have 3600 cubic meter water storage capacity from 7340 ponds at the value of 10 to 10 farm ponds. This will lead to the accumulation of about 7.92 crore cubic meters of rainwater. Due to which groundwater level will improve in rural areas of the district. Apart from this, one community pond will also be constructed in each panchayat.
