New Delhi: Telangana won 19 national awards under various categories. The awards were announced by the central government on the occasion of National Panchayat Raj Day as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on Saturday.
According to reports, the southern state bagged 14 awards in gram panchayat categories, it won four in mandal parishad and one in district parishad.
Expressing his happiness over the achievement, Telangana state Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao took to his Twitter handle to congratulate the winning departments and also praised Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for his guidance.
He wrote, “No state to match Telangana. Tons of thanks to KCR sir for guiding the dept n appreciations to the concern public reps & officers for excellent work.”
Joining him to express delight and shower his appreciation on the chief minister was Telangana minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao.
KTR took to his Twitter handle and wrote, “Be it Rural Development or Urban Development, no one can match the inclusive growth model of Telangana CM KCR Garu. My heartfelt compliments to Panchayat Raj & RD Minister @DayakarRao2019 Garu & his team on winning 19 awards. Special Compliment to Siricilla Zilla Parishad.”
Among the recipients, Chandapur in Wanaparthy district has won the Child Friendly Gram Panchayat Award while Yerravalle village in Siddipet bagged the Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award.
The Manthangod Grama Panchayat in Maktal Zone of Narayanpet district received the Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar.
Meanwhile, the Deendayal Upadhyay Panchayati Sashaktikaran Puraskar in the general category went to Rajanna-Sircilla district, Peddapalli, Thirumalagiri (Suryapeta), Parvathagiri (Warangal), Kodimial (Jagtiyal), Mukra (Adilabad), Velichala (Karimnagar), Venkatapuram (Mahabubabad), Jakkapur (Siddipet), Gundlapotlapally (Mahabubnagar), Maddikunta (Rajanna-Sircilla), Nagaram (Peddapally), Mariyapuram (Warangal), Haripuram (Peddapally), Mandepally (Rajanna-Sircilla), Burugupalle (Siddipet).