A team of officials of the World Bank on Friday visited villages in the district, where the World bank-shared 'Puthu Vazhvu' (New Life) project is being executed by the Tamil Nadu Government.
Officials saisd the world bank officials periodically visit villages to give suggestions and monitor the progress of execution of the project, based on Community Driven Development approach.
The project is being implemented in four Panchayat unions, including Sattur, Vembakottai, Watrap and Narikudi.
The officials also gave advice on how best the funds could be used for optimum benefit of the community. The team included WB's Finance Advisor dhaniya Gupta, puthu vazhvu Project State assessment and Monitoring expert Shivalingam and finance expert Manickam.
The team inspected the functioning of the village poverty eradication associations and were briefed by Ramachanrapuram village panchayat president Vasuki, social audit committee members and women coordination committee members.
The WB officials asked about the working of the project and if the beneficiaries got enough income from the business they were doing.
They visited the field office of the Project where a dicussion was held with field workers. They also gave suggestions after inspecting finance registers.
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