Shelter Municipal for the aged in Anganwadis in Bus Stand Thripunithura GP, 2 Renovated 3 Municipality Idukki 7 July 2016  Volume: 3  Book: 2

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The Government has decided to provide Panchayats which qualified the additional support to Backward and Financial Support MMC in the APA in 2014-15 from Tribal local bodies. Accordingly it was the 100 Grama Panchayats whose decided that Ten Revenue-deficit data have been verified physically. Municipalities would be identified by for Backward  Draft list of 40 Panchayats selected the Urban Affairs Directorate and Ten through the above process and the Grama Panchayats having tribal clusters notification in was by the Scheduled Tribe Development Grama Panchayats published on the Project website on Department. The departments  26 December 2015. concerned provided the lists. Tools developed by PMU on level of own revenue income indicators of backwardness  In response to the notification, 35 The Backward Panchayats have been Listing of 100 Panchayats in approved by Coordination common in the lists prepared based complaints were registered by 31 identified with the technical support of Committee December 2015. Hearing was held, the IKM and State Performance Audit team on the ranks obtained on  Software developed by IKM to apply Backwardness and having annual data were verified and the final list was based on norms approved by arrived at accordingly. The Government Coordination Committee of the tools own revenue less than Rs 25 lakh.   issued the GO(Rt)No.254/2016/LSGD Thaddesa Mithram. The methodology Verification of data by IKM and Physical verification of AFS and dated 22 January 2016 according followed in the process is as follows: PMU Demand Collection Balance (DCB) approval for the list of 40 Backward  L i s t i n g o f i n d i c a t o r s o f  Applications of software by IKM of these Panchayats by the Grama Panchayats, 10 Grama Backwardness by PMU and data  Performance Audit team of Panchayats having Tribal Clusters and Listing of Panchayats based on the district. provided by Grama Panchayats. scores of backwardness and low 10 revenue-deficit municipalities.  Draft list of the 40 backward ListofBackwardGramaPanchayats Muttar East Elleri Kasargod Name of Grama Panchayat District Anjuthengu Thiruvananthapuram Idukki Enmakaje Kasargod Keralassery Idukki Thalanad Poomangalam Pozhuthana Wayanad Vengappally Wayanad Naranamoozhy Mullankolli Wayanad Peringottukurissy Palakkad Kozhuvanal Kottayam Thirunelli Wayanad Kottayam Urngattiri Belloor Kasargod Anicadu Pathanamthitta Agali Palakkad Vellinezhi Palakkad Muthalamada Palakkad Valiyaparamba Kasargod Pattuvam Kannur ListofRevenue-deficit Munrothuruthu Udayagiri Kannur Municipalities Edappatta Malappuram Peruvemba Palakkad Name of Grama Panchayat District Orumanayur Thrissur Moonilavu Kottayam Alappuzha Ottoor Thiruvananthapuram Kumbadaje Kasargod Alappuzha Alappuzha Idukki Kottathara Wayanad Kottayam Thumpamon Pathanamthitta Kotthali Kozhikode Kottayam Kamakshy Idukki Pookkottukavu Palakkad North Paravoor Kadappuram Thrissur Senapathy Idukki Ernakulam Kuthanoor Palakkad Muduvalur Malappuram Ernakulam ListofGramaPanchayatswith Idukki Chittur-Thathamangalam Palakkad Veeyapuram Alappuzha TribalClusters Shornur Palakkad Arikulam Kozhikode Name of Grama Panchayat District Kannur Thannithode Pathanamthitta Aruvapulam Pathanamthitta Logo for Project Kerala Local Government Service Dr K T Jaleel Delivery Project Minister for Local Self (KLGSDP) will be Government, henceforth known as Welfare of Minorities, Thaddesa Mithram. The Wakf and Haj Pilgrimage project has a new logo as well.

3 GP, Kozhikode: Palliative care building 6 BUDS School brings relief to Pallichal GP Thaddesa Mithram has E-Toilet in distributed Desktop Calendars desktop calendar of Karakulam GP the Project to the local distributed governments and other The Karakulam Grama Panchayat in stakeholders. The Thiruvananthapuram district has calendar features the constructed an e-Toilet at selected best practice Vattappara Junction. The key projects from among the advantage of the project is its highly large number of projects cost-effective mechanism to ensure implemented by the proper public sanitation facility in local governments highly populated areas. The main with the support of features of the e-Toilet include: the Performance compact built-up space, automatic Grant of the payment collection, automatic doors, project. automatic washing mechanisms, water conservation technologies, power mechanism and GPRS- enabled controls. The Grama Panchayat utilised Performance Grant share of Rs 6, 61,970 for the project. The e-Toilet was installed by KELTRON, a Government agency. Promotes Library and Reading Room Tirur Municipal Bus Stand Renovated The old bus stand of Tirur Municipality which came into existence in 1971 was expanded with acquisition of three acres of land in 1978. Thus it acquired the distinction of the largest bus stand in the northern parts of Kerala. The construction of bus bay-cum-shopping complex was completed in 2006. However, the yard used to ruin every year since the bus stand was located in the marshy land. This caused difficulties to the commuters apart from causing financial losses to the Municipality by way of maintenance expenses. The Municipality allocated Rs 69 lakhs from the The Valanchery Grama Panchayat (now, a municipality) has utilised Rs 10 lakh from the Performance Grant share of Thaddesa Mithram during the year 2014-15 for constructing a library and reading room. The library is named after later Sri E M S Namboodiripad, the first Chief Minister of the State. The library is located at Thozhuvanoor, the heart of the local body. It has a collection of 6000 books, reference texts, and weeklies which is a great source of reference to large number of college students in the area. The municipality considered the difficulty experienced by the students in availing reference facilities and lack of a proper centre for cultural activities. This is the lone library project in the entire district funded by Thaddesa Mithram. Communication Campaign launched The communication campaign of the Thaddesa number of unique service projects like indoor Mithram was launched formally on 5 January stadia, modern offices, front offices, BUDS 2016. The then Chief Minister Oommen schools, Palliative care and geriatric care Chandy inaugurated the launch. initiatives, dialysis units, The campaign aims to take the modern crematoria, fish and development and welfare works meat markets, abattoirs, of the local governments to the preservation of water resources Performance Grant share for the year 2014-15. The general public. and modernisation of primary elaborate works included laying tiles in the yard, divider, health centres across the States. and maintenance works of drainage. The painting of the He in his inaugural speech building of the bus stand was carried out with the support pointed out that the conduct of The mascot of the campaign of the traders. A private builder of the municipality was Gramasabhas was mandatory was unveiled during the launch. roped in for sponsoring the following works: Gate for the for effectively implementing The three volumes of Success stand, roofing for bus bay, CC TV, drinking water, seats, Panchayati Raj and for the Stories published by the Project Television sets, Police aid post, announcement booth. The projects to reach out to the showcasing the Best practice total cost came to Rs 28 lakh. Though the contract period people. projects financed by Thaddesa was three months, the work was completed within 69 T h e t h e n M i n i s t e r f o r Mithram was released by days. Panchayats and Social Justice handing over copies to Sri V K M a d h u , P r e s i d e n t , The Municipality is named after former Municipal Dr M K Muneer presided over the function. Thiruvananthapuram District chairperson late Sri K Aboobacker Sahib. Another Panchayat. Panchayat Director attraction of the project is that it proposes to bring free He pointed out that the C A Latha and the then Project wifi to some parts of the Municipality like Bus stand and implementation of Thaddesa Director Mithra T also spoke. municipal office. Later on, the facility will be made Mithram has heralded a large available to other key areas of the local body.

2  KLGSDP Digest  July 2016 the open yard, compound wall with two collapsable gates, one for vehicle and the other for the students. The project followed the environmental concepts by using eco-friendly construction materials, ensuring facilities like lighting and cooling, protecting the tree for cooling in the y a r d a n d e n s u r i n g s a f e t y requirements of the children. Of the 1266 persons from 240 families residing in the area, 142 persons from 29 families belong to Scheduled Castes and 136 persons of 27 families belong to Scheduled Tribes. The beneficiaries of the Anganwadi Anganwadi include: 48 children in the age group of six months to three years, 24 pre- gets a new building in school children, 24 pregnant women and feeding mothers, 52 adolescent Chaliyar GP girls in the age group of 14-18 years. T h e a n g a n w a d i h a s b e e n functioning as a public health facilitation centre providing The Nambooripotty Anganwadi in During 2013-14, the Grama The new building in an area of 110 immunisation to children against the war no. 4 of the Chaliyar Grama Panchayat allotted Rs 7,00,000 from s q . m . i n c l u d e d a l o n g s i t - preventable diseases. Thus, the Panchayat in the Performance Grant share of out/verandha, hall, store room, anganwadi reaches out directly to was functioning a in a rented building Thaddesa Mithram for constructing a kitchen with smokeless stove, baby- the women and children of with limited facilities. new building for the Anganwadi. friendly toilet, tiling with interlock in tribal/backward community.

In accordance with the National Policy easy access, veranda, hall, consulting Shelter for the aged in for Senior Citizens 2011, the Maniyur room and separate toilets. Currently, a Grama Panchayat in separate room is being provided with bed Thripunithura Municipality constructed a building to focus on and drinking water for them. Bedridden geriatric care. Geriatric health care patients are provided more The Thripunithura Municipality in The Pakalveedu is being utilised by focuses on outpatient day care f o c u s e d c a r e a s t h e formulated more than 10 senior citizens. They and palliative care. The volunteers and health Mithramandalam Pakalveedu (Day- come in the morning and spend the 97.96 sq.m building is s t a f f h a v e b e e n care home for the aged) project day with other inmates. s i t u a t e d i n t h e providing home care during the financial year 2012-13. Most of them are left unattended by compound of Primary Maniyur three times a week. T h e approval came their children or other family H e a l t h C e n t r e The project is members. The Municipality (PHC), in ward no. GP: assisted by a large provides a television set, chairs and 1 4 o f M a n i y u r n u m b e r o f other facilities for the members. Panchayat. Making strides volunteers that T h e i n s t i t u t i o n h a s b e e n The senior citizens in geriatric include retired functioning with the support of a n d b e d r i d d e n t e a c h e r s , voluntary organisations patients of the whole care g o v e r n m e n t like the Lions P a n c h a y a t a r e t h e employees and social C l u beneficiaries of the project. workers. The total number of registered The local body also ensures a patients is 256; 102 men and 154 regular supply of medicines, walkers, w i t women. Of the 154 women, 75 are above wheelchairs and water beds free of cost h a f u n d 80 years and widows. by augmenting funds from different allocation of Rs sources including Corporate Social 5 , 0 0 , 0 0 0 f r o m The following are the objectives of the project: Responsibility (CSR) funds. The Project Development Fund (General). The also proposes to have outpatient support project was completed during 2013- Increase the facility of palliative care for in the near future. 14 with the share of Performance b. A the benefit of senior citizens and other Grant Rs 10,00,000. bedridden patients; Improve community The project cost of Rs 14,00,000 is vehicle has met from the Performance The project reflects the care and been provided by the management of palliative care; Promote homecare and outpatient day-care; Grant share of the concern of the local governments in Municipality to transport the Panchayat. providing shelter to members in the mornings and drop Develop community palliative care them back in the evenings. awareness materials; the reduction of marginalised sections of the society. death and illness of senior citizens and Three different institutions are A qualified caretaker is available to bed ridden patients in the targeted functioning in the same building at provide support to the members. The community. present. Pakalveedu for old age caretaker carries out activities which people, a day-care centre for mentally keep them engaged apart from using All medical equipment was kept at the challenged people and Anganwadi for scientific methods to improve and PHC before construction of the new kids. develop their mental condition and building due to a lack of space. Unlike skills. before, the patients have a separate The newly constructed building queue now for consulting the doctor. provides basic facilities like adequate The Anganwadi has been functioning Senior citizens and palliative care toilets, water, electricity, and a in the ground floor of the building. patients found it difficult to wait for compound wall. The total number of Now more than 25 children are consultation. beneficiaries comes to 300. studying in the anganwadi. The building consists of a ramp for July 2016  KLGSDP Digest  3 Scan QR code to watch the video Through Projects...

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Koruthodu-Kandankayam Road Concreting, GP, Kottayam Cellular Cemetery, Kuravilangadu GP, Kottayam

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4  KLGSDP Digest  July 2016 Ujjampady School, Delampady GP, Kasargod School Maintenance, GP, Idukki

Community Hall, Kanakkary GP, Kottayam Records Room, Koothuparamba Municipality, Kannur

New Office, Melukavu GP, Kottayam Krishi Bhavan, Muliyar GP, Kasargod

New Office, Patyam GP, Kannur Marketing Centre, Vellore GP, Kottayam

July 2016  KLGSDP Digest  5 Apparel unit has a new building in Kuruva GP Kuruva Grama Panchayat in was utilised to procure furniture, 16 tailoring machines, 12 Malappuram district has completed almirahs, 5 tables, 25 chairs, 12 construction of a new building for the stools, and 3 shelves. children’s apparel unit. A building with an area of 185 sq.m. has been constructed in the same complex where The tailoring unit, run by the Panchayat CDS the Sisuvihar has been functioning. committee, caters to 50 Kudumbashree women workers. The project has been contributing The fund break-up is: Performance Grant: significantly to poverty reduction in the lives of Rs 5,00,000, Own fund: Rs 92,000, The funds of the District the women by ensuring them sustainable Panchayat totalling Rs 6,50,000 employment and income.

BUDS School brings Waiting Shed, Comfort Station in relief to Pallichal GP Vazhathoppu GP Families with a mentally challenged member may feel depressed and pessimistic about his/her future. The resultant effect would be a stunting of their creativity and skills. Poverty denies these children opportunities for medical help and education. Kudumbashree has initiated BUDS schools for children with special needs. These schools have been set up on the basis of community surveys and health assessment by local governments. The schools help the children empower their family and the community. All care-givers gain the skills necessary to ensure these children live fulfilled lives. The local governments have taken up these kinds of projects as a challenge and more LGs are coming forward to establish such schools. The Vazhathoppu Grama Panchayat in Idukki Karimban. Pallichal Grama Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district District has constructed a waiting shed and a A survey was conducted to assess the benefits of started a BUDS School in 1998. Initially, the school, comfort station at the bus stand. The waiting the project to the people of Karimban town. It comprising 10 students, was functioning in a Library building. shed in ward no. 4, houses a post office as well. covered different types of beneficiaries like men, Once the enrolment of students increased the school was The total cost of the project is Rs 11,61,000. women, school children, aged, traders, auto moved to a building with more facilities. The project ensures separate toilets for men and drivers and social activists. The rent of the building was met from the honorarium of the women. The lack of toilet facilities for women in All those interviewed narrated the difficulties the teachers. Taking into consideration the special requirements public places and consequent health hazards has women and children had to undergo before the of the children and parents, the Grama Panchayat decided to been a major concern for the various levels of bus waiting shed and comfort station was construct a building. A new building of 183 sq.m. at Nadukkad government. The waiting shed is located in the completed. main junction along the for the BUDS school was constructed at a cost of Rs 14,00,000 The auto drivers are of the view that the new which was met from the Performance Grant share. busy Ernakulam-Kothamngalam and Thekkady- facilities have caused a drop in the number of The school has been functioning in the new building with 30 route. potential customers for them. Prior to the mentally challenged students in the age group of 6-45 years. The Grama Panchayat has ensured the completion of the project, women and The students are admitted through verification of their sustainability of the project by contracting the schoolchildren used to take autorickshaws to disability certificates. The Intelligence Quotient of the cleaning of toilets. The Panchayat has been reach home immediately. With the addition of students here is below 40. As most of the students belong to monitoring the work on a regular basis. new facilities, many can now afford to wait for economically depressed families, the Grama Panchayat Maintenance of water supply and hygiene have another bus to reach home. However, even the provides Rs 1,000 as a monthly scholarship. been carried out by the Motor Workers auto drivers see the change as a welcome relief to Expenses towards providing meals for the children and staff Association and Merchant Association of the large number of women commuters. honorarium are met from the Plan fund of the local body. Furniture and a vehicle for the school have been procured with the support of the District and Grama Panchayats. Kuthiyathodu GP builds assembly hall for UP School The Kuthiyathodu Grama Panchayat in has built an Assembly Hall in Parayakodu Upper Primary (UP) School located about 100m away from the Nalukulangara Junction. The school has 460 children coming in from the coastal area. The Panchayat has taken the initiative to build an assembly hall to protect children from the sun and rain during the conduct of the school assembly. The total project cost of Rs 2,80,917 is met from the Performance Grant share. This is also the largest government school in the area.

6  KLGSDP Digest  July 2016 Ayurveda Dispensary Constructed in Thrikkodithanam GP

T h e Kanjikuzhy Grama Panchayat in is populated mostly by tribal people. The Anganwadis in the Panchayat were functioning in rented buildings earlier. The anganwadis are renovated with better facilities. These Anganwadis are functioning in the settlement area. Adolescent children and mothers have been using the Anganwadis as a facilitation centre in that area. New Following are the details of the work. AlparaEastAnganwadi: Anganwadis in Total Project Cost of Rs 7, 00,000 The Ayurveda dispensary in Thrikodithanam was met from the Performance Grant share of Thaddesa Grama Panchayat in started Mithram. functioning in May 2015. One doctor and one Kanjikuzhi GP VenmonyAnganwadi:The entire project cost of Rs attendant are working in this hospital. The doctor is 11,76,198 was met from the Performance Grant share. appointed by NRHM and the attendant is appointed by the Panchayat. This is the only one Ayurveda Varickamuthan Anganwadi: The entire hospital in the Panchayat. The facilities include Road works project cost of Rs 7,00,000 was met from consulting room, reception, medicine store room, the Performance Grant share. waiting room for patients and toilets. Floor is paved with finished in tiles. An average of 70 patients are utilising the dispensary daily. The outpatient services are available during 10 am to 3 Thalassery pm. The medicines are provided free of cost to the Thalassery Municipality in has patients. People from all age group are benefitted from spent Rs 40,00,000 from its Performance Grant the hospital facility. share for the maintenance and interlocking of An amount of Rs 14, 43,044 from Performance three roads in the Thalassery town. The roads Grant was utilised for the construction of the are: Renovation work at MCC Link Road, building. Patyam Gopalan Road-OV Road Junction Interlocking and Tarring, Mahimali-Sahib-MS Road patch work to SSW road and resurfacing to MS Road. During monsoon, these roads used to get waterlogged. Consequently, traffic blocks were regular which became a bothering for vehicles and pedestrians alike. Hence the Municipality decided to take up the renovation works of the roads by raising the level, resurfacing and providing interlocks. These works were executed through E-tendering process. After the work, the issue of traffic blocks is addressed to an extent. Athikuzhi Anganwadi in Chittoor-Thattamangalam Municipality gets a new building

C h i t t o o r - T h a t t a m a n g a l a m colourful painting on walls, baby- Municipality in friendly toilet, proper ventilation, safe constructed a new building for drinking water, clean kitchen with store anganwadi at Athikuzhi village area in room and compound wall with gate. ward no.11. The total cost of the project A team of trained teacher and ayah is is Rs 7,90,000 of which the Performance playing greater role in the areas of Grant share is Rs 4,90,000. The mental, physical and emotional anganwadi has been playing a key role in development of the children. Nowadays providing pre-school education, anganwadi is a multipurpose utility supplementary nutrition, health centre which functions with the aim of education, immunization and health providing awareness on health, hygiene check-up among children aged between and nutrition to children, adolescent 1-5 years, pregnant women, feeding girls, pregnant women and feeding mothers and adolescent girls. mothers. The total strength of the The Municipality has ensured to arrange centre is 14 children and it is beneficial all social safe guards to the centre which to on an average 120 families, especially include neat and tidy tiled class room, women and children. July 2016  KLGSDP Digest  7 KLGSDP Digest July 2016

Homoeo dispensary for GP The Pazhayannur Grama Panchayat in constructed a homoeo dispensary. Earlier, the dispensary was functioning in a rented building in a faraway place. The new building is in a central area and is easy for the public to access the dispensary. All the inhabitants of the Grama Panchayat are the beneficiaries of the project. The services of a doctor are available on a daily basis. The old building was congested whereas the new one provides adequate space and other facilities to the people. The dispensary has separate toilets for men and women, adequate number of chairs, token system to avoid rush, and safe drinking water facility. People New classroom for LP School from all parts of the Panchayat have been using the services of the hospital. Free medicines are provided catering to tribal children to the patients. Total project cost of Rs 20,00,000 is met by the Performance Grant share. The Karimba Grama Panchayat in Palakkad Four teachers have been looking after the district has constructed a three-class room educational and physical needs of the building for Government Lower Primary children. School, Maruthamkad, a remote and hilly All the 53 schoolchildren are being provided area. The school is meant to meet the with lunch on working days, besides educational needs of the tribal and non-tribal uniforms, note families living in books, books and Maruthamka pencils. The new d village. The school functioning of environment has the school helped the all facilitates round regular development of attendance of the children and the children. in reducing the At the start of school dropout the academic rate. It also year, 13 children results in better have enrolled in curricular and pre-primary non-curricular section and 40 performance. children in lower prim Majority of the beneficiaries belong to SC/ST ary section which include 13 Scheduled Tribe population. The total project cost of Rs (ST) students and 8 Scheduled Caste (SC) 15,15,017 is met from the Performance students. Grant.

Uzhavoor Town gets a modern bus waiting shed The Grama Panchayat in Kottayam district constructed Modern bus waiting shed at Uzhavoor town. The beautifully tiled floor and wall helps to ensure clean atmosphere for the users. The steel bunches provide seating facility for 40 peoples at a time. The building was provided with 6 fans and 6 lights. The KLGSDP share for this project is Rs.6, 00,000. People make use this facility on the day time between 6.00 am and 8.pm.Around 500 persons are using this facility in a day. Quality lighting and seating facilities provides safe bus waiting place for the ladies, senior citizens, and children in the evening. It helps the people for using the public transport system which causes less traffic conjunction.

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