The central government used to provide MGNREGA funds to all blocks of the country but the Narendra Modi government has planned to provide those funds to selective blocks from the 2015-16 fiscal, Banerjee said.
Out of the 341 blocks of West Bengal, only 124 would be given funds under the act, she claimed while addressing a public meeting at Shantipur in Nadia district.
The chief minister also criticised the National Highway authorities for the poor condition of NH-34 that links north Bengal with Kolkata.
From the meeting, she inaugurated 149 projects and laid foundation stone of 130 projects in Nadia and neighbouring Murshidabad districts.
Earlier, the chief minister held an administrative meeting with officials of the two districts in which progress of various schemes and programmes were discussed.
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