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more-inThe State government has initiated steps to appoint special officers for new municipalities and all the gram panchayats. Senior officials also directed the district collectors to take steps to ensure smooth distribution of fish seed to eligible beneficiaries. Joshi has asked the officials concerned to submit proposals within two days for appointment of special officers to 68 new municipalities and 12,751 gram panchayats including over 4,000 newly constituted ones which will come into existence from August 1. The proposals should be forwarded to commissioners of Municipal Administration and Panchayat Raj departments. The Chief Secretary who reviewed the situation with senior officials and district collectors through video-conference on Tuesday directed them to prepare proposals for appointing revenue divisional officers or district level officials as special officers to gram panchayats, panchayat secretaries as in-charges to 565 village clusters and tahsildars as commissioners of 68 new municipal bodies..