Livelihood programme launched in Berhampur
Berhampur: To provide livelihood to lockdown-hit people in the city, Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) on Friday handed over work orders of Rs 2 crore to contractors, mostly women self help groups (SHGs), to resume labour-intensive work.
“The works include construction of water-harvesting structures, city beautification and making of percolation pits under the state government’s recently-launched urban wage employment initiative,” said BeMC commissioner Chakravarti Singh Rathore. All the works would be completed in a month before the onset of monsoon, he said.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik launched the programme last month. It aims to provide livelihood to the lockdown-hit and livelihood-deprived poor people in the urban areas. The chief minister had announced Rs 100 crore under the initiative for all the urban local bodies across the state, of the amount, Rs 5 crore was sanctioned to the BeMC.
Besides providing employment opportunities, the percolation pits will also help reduce waterlogging and urban flooding during the monsoon, said the commissioner.