Date:29/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/29/stories/2008082958970200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Madurai

Schemes reviewed at meeting

Special Correspondent

MADURAI: District Collectors from southern region met here on Tuesday to review ongoing development works and implementation of welfare schemes.

Rural Development Director Gagandeep Singh Bedi presided over the meeting in which Tamil Nadu Women Development Corporation Managing Director N. Muruganandam, Tsunami Projects Officer V. Thangavelu and nine Collectors -- S. S. Jawahar (Madurai), R. Vasuki (Dindigul), S. J. Chiru (Theni), V. Chandrasekaran (Virudhunagar), Pankaj Kumar Bansal (Sivaganga), R. Kirlosh Kumar (Ramanathapuram), G. Prakash (Tirunelveli), R. Palaniandi (Tuticorin) and Jothi Nirmala (Kanyakumari) participated in the meeting.

During the meeting, the officials discussed the implementation of various schemes such as NREGS, Anaithu Peruratchi Anna Marumalarchi Thittam, NABARD projects and Indira Awaas Yojana and works taken up under MP’s Local Area Development fund.