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GUWAHATI: The Assam government has released funds amounting to Rs 137.47 crore under Samagra Siksha to augment the infrastructure in elementary schools by building additional classrooms, partition walls, boys' toilets, internal electrification, etc., in different districts of the state.
The release of Rs 137.47 crore was confirmed by Education Minister Ranoj Pegu in a post on 'X' (formerly Twitter), which said, "Our effort to improve the school infrastructure continues. @Samagra_Assam has released an amount of Rs 137.47 crore to 1,770 schools for Additional class rooms, partition walls, boys' toilets, and internal electrification. @himantabiswa @Samagra_Assam."
The post by Ranoj Pegu also includes pictures of a school building, a cluster of toilets, and a list of districts with the amounts sanctioned against each of them.
The district that has been sanctioned the highest amount is Dhubri with Rs 31.62 crore; the second highest recipient is Darrang district with Rs 12.62 crore. Close on the heels of Darrang comes Goalpara, with Rs 12.25 crore. While Kamrup district has been allocated Rs 10.77 crore, Kamrup (Metro) will only get Rs 1.44 crore.
The amounts are also mentioned in a copy of a letter written by the Mission Director, Samagra Siksha, Assam, to the District Mission Coordinator, with the instruction to transfer the mentioned amount to the bank account of the respective school management committees (SMCs) within seven days of receipt of the fund. It also included the instruction to utilise the fund as per Sarba Siksha Abhiyan guidelines or norms and the FRBM Act, 2005, following the due procurement process. The districts are also instructed to transfer the amount to the correct bank account of the SMC concerned, to maintain sets of books of accounts, and to submit utilization certificates along with photographs of the work done.
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