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V. Raghavendra

NREGS bills totaling ₹1,900 crore being cleared: Minister Mutyala Naidu

Deputy CM and Minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development B. Mutyala Naidu said pending bills under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) amounting to ₹1,900 crore were being immediately cleared.

Administrative sanction has been given for a sum of ₹1,073 crore to undertake repairs to 9,000 km of PR roads on a war - footing, he said. 

Besides, payment of pending bills for works done by the Rural Water Supply Department totaling ₹800 crore was given the nod, he told media persons on Monday.

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