East Godavari collector D. Muralidhar Reddy received two National Rural Development and Governance Awards from the Panchayat Raj Union Ministry during the National Panchayat Raj Day virtual celebrations on Saturday.
The rural mandal of Kakinada has won the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) for providing the best services in hygiene, e-governance, revenue generation and civic services such as drinking water and rural infrastructure.
G.Ragampeta Panchayat from Peddapuram Mandal was awarded the Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award for better planning and management of resources. Panchayat Raj Union Ministry has assessed the services of rural corporations in the 2019-20 financial year.