As many as 329 villages have been electrified during the 10th Five Years Plan and in last three years of the 11th Five Years Plan in Madhya Pradesh. During the period, 11 thousand 415 electrified villages have been intensively electrified and electricity lines have been laid upto all the majaras and tolas there.

The works for the constructions of bridges, railway over bridges and under bridges by Public Works Department (PWD) in order to reduce traffic congestion are in progress in the state. The Department is presently executing 14 railway over bridges and 8 under bridges to the tune of Rs 268.21 crore. An amount of Rs 98 crore has been spent till February this fiscal year.

Watershed prioritization has gained importance in natural resources management, especially in the context of watershed management, especially in the context of watershed management. Morphometric analysis has been commonly applied to prioritization of watersheds.

The Madhya Pradesh government today declared Guna district as 'water scarcity area'.

''In view of below average rainfall received in the district coupled with problem of drinking water, the Guna district has been declared as a scarcity area,'' District Collector Mukeshchand Gupta said.

Lalit Shastri SHIVPURI (M.P.): A health revolution is in the offing in Guna and Shivpuri where the District Health Societies are trying to put the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) vision into practice. They are working together with the State Government and the UNICEF to create a model for "continuum care from community to hospitals'

An environment ministry panel has cleared power projects with total proposed capacity of 5,674 mw. Developers will now need clearance from the environment ministry to start work.

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