Karnataka: Hulkoti in Gadag district tops national gram panchayat survey

HUBBALLI: Hulkoti gram panchayat (GP) in Gadag district has been ranked joint first in the Mission Antyodaya 2020 national survey conducted by the central rural development and panchayat raj ministry. This village of 11,794 residents is about 390km from Bengaluru and shares the top spot with Sulthanpur and Yelkurthi, both in Telangana.
It’s also a model for other GPs in implementing government schemes and utilising funds effectively.Hulkoti GP, established in 1962, has brought in major changes for residents by improving infrastructure, supply of clean drinking water, upgrading health facilities, good roads and increasing literacy rate, among other things. All these helped it score 90% in the survey. These are provisional rankings of 2,26,275 gram panchayats which have uploaded the data.
Nandagad and Kulagod in Belagavi district figure among the top 10. Hiralal S Janaga, executive officer, Gadag taluk panchayat, said: “Last year, Hulkoti GP was ranked 5th. The survey is conducted on 141 parameters set by the ministry. It was conducted in all 37 GPs in Gadag taluk from October to December 2020".