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.