TheTelanganagovernment bagged 13 national panchayat Awards under various categories announced by theUnion Ministry of Panchayat Raj.
While eight national awards of the total 23 were announced to the rural local bodies of under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar (DDUPSVP) for the year 2021-2022, the state got another four under Nanaji Deshmukh Sarvottam Panchayat Satat Vikas Puraskar 2023.
The minister said the panchayats got the awards due to chief minister K Chandrasekhar Raos vision and flagship scheme Palle Pragati programme which was taken up every year.
He recalled that Telangana panchayats got awards in swachh and sanitation, e-panchayat and best panchayat awards from the Centre and also ODF, providing water to every household, fluoride free villages and other categories.