For the overall development of West Tripura district, Power, Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Friday attended the general body meeting of Paschim Tripura Zila Parishad and reviewed various activities.

The Minister said that there was a detailed discussion and review of the programs taken so far in this district and how the future plans will be implemented.

“I believe that such a meeting will help in the development of the district and in bringing great momentum to the activities of the government departments,” he said.

The Minister informed that generally the meeting is presided over by the Chairman of the Zila Parishad, members of the Zila Parishad, Panchayat Samiti Chairmen, and MLAs, who are also invited.

“In this meeting, discussions were held on various departments. Also, in this meeting, there was a discussion about the last meeting, the development work carried out, and a review was held. Today  discussion covered 22 departments in total including Agriculture, PWD, Health, Education, Social Welfare, Social Education, and other departments were discussed, and officials were also present. The general body meeting is held once every three months, in which Ministers chair the meeting for the betterment of development work. This is a very important meeting,” said the Minister.

He also informed that we have three types of government — central, state, and rural government. Zila Parishad is the cabinet of the rural government.

“This is very important. Whatever funds we distribute, we allocate them among TTAADC, Zila Parishad, and Corporations, and they implement it. This is a totally democratic way,” he said.

In the meeting, the Power Minister informed that around 94% of households in West Tripura are covered with drinking water. 

He instructed TRLM and GRS to conduct a survey to obtain accurate data on households that have water connections and are actually receiving water.

He also informed that the public representatives and officials present in the meeting have decided to install solar power systems under the PM Surya Ghar scheme and introduce smart meters, so that we can protect nature, generate power, and carry out load assessments of electricity consumption.

The Minister further informed that under the PM-KUSUM scheme, a target of installing 10,000 water irrigation facilities has been set across the state, of which 5,200 have already been installed, and survey work for the rest is under process.

In the West District, 1,116 farmers have received water irrigation facilities, and 300 more farmers will get them and works is also underway.