Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar said the State government has been developing infrastructure in government schools in Telangana by spending huge sums of funds.
On Friday, he and Khammam MP Nama Nageshwar Rao, as well as ZP chairman L Kamal Raj, inaugurated additional classrooms built in Patarlapadu village of Chintakani mandal in the district. The classrooms were built at a cost of Rs 34 lakh by the Panchayat Raj engineering wing.
Speaking at the event, the minister stated that the Telangana government plans to spend around Rs 3000 crore on infrastructure development in government schools as part of the state’s ‘Mana Ooru Mana Badi’ programme.
This financial year, as many as 9123 schools will be given a facelift with infrastructure development. According to Ajay Kumar, the government intends to allocate funds in the next budget.
To provide corporate level education to students from poorer sections, he said that steps such as the construction of additional classrooms, digital classrooms, electrification, improving sanitation conditions, and the introduction of English medium instruction in all government schools were being taken.
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MP Nageshwar Rao said that previous governments neglected the education sector, but the BRS government prioritised education and launched Mana Ooru Mana Badi to strengthen the public education system.
Later the minister, the MP and the ZP chairman handed over units to Dalit Bandhu scheme beneficiaries in Chintakani mandal. They urged the recipients to successfully run the units they were given in order to grow economically and to provide employment to a few others.
Dalit Bandhu, Minister Ajay Kumar said, has improved the lives of poor dalits. The dalits in Chintakani were fortunate because the government decided to implement the scheme on a saturation basis, benefiting 3462 dalits in the mandal.
He praised District Collector VP Gautham for successfully implementing the scheme in his mandal. Seeds Corporation chairman K Koteshwar Rao. DCC Bank chairman K Nagabhushanam, additional Collector Snehalatha Mogili and others were present.
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