Kadapa: The Kadapa District Water Management Authority (DWMA) has broken its own records in providing employment to those in rural areas under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). This is the first time in almost 14 years since the NREGA came into force in 2006 that it has provided more than one crore working days in the first three months of a financial year. In fact, while setting a target of 1.88 crore working days this year, DWMA officials are to be commended for achieving 100.33 lakhs working days, almost 60 per cent of the target in the first three months.
The MNREGS is in full swing in the district. The rural poor are the biggest beneficiaries of the employment guarantee scheme. More than one lakh workers a day are being benefitted from the scheme. The district administration has prepared plans to utilise more funds in the district under the MNREGS. It has prepared an annual report targeting to spend Rs 771.09 crore on employment in the…