Union minister Ramkripal Yadav today slammed the West Bengal government for not sending officials at a review meeting on Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) in West Midnapore district.
The objectives of the IWMP are to restore ecological balance by harnessing, conserving and developing degraded natural resources such as soil, vegetative cover and water.
"It's unfortunate that the Mamata Banerjee government is hampering development by showing non-cooperative attitude. We will write a strong letter to the state on this issue," the Union minister of state for rural development told PTI.
When contacted, a senior district official said on condition of anonymity that the administration was not informed about the minister's visit.
"It shows that administrative anarchy is prevailing in West Bengal. It is also possible that the state wants to hide corruption in implementing central government projects," Yadav said.
He alleged that the performance of West Bengal on key schemes like the MGNREGA and the Prime Minister Awas Yojna (PMAY) was also poor.
In the MGNREGA, the state has managed to achieve only 33 per cent in giving jobs to women, much below the national average of 65 per cent, the minister said.
In the PMAY too, he said, the state has so far built only 3.87 lakh houses against a target of building 14 lakh houses by 2019.
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