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Kadirur grama panchayat successful Kannur has secured the 3rd presumption nationally successful the ‘Atma Nirbhar Panchayat Special Award’ class of the National Panchayat Awards 2026 announced by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. The grant recognises achievements during the 2024-25 appraisal year. Kadirur was selected from among astir 2.68 lakh panchayats crossed the country.
The panchayat earned designation for its broad initiatives successful poorness alleviation, healthcare, women empowerment, discarded management, infrastructure, and bully governance. Through agriculture-based schemes, Kudumbashree activities, and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the panchayat strengthened livelihood opportunities and reduced the fig of Below Poverty Line families from 1,917 successful 2009 to 1,440 successful 2021-22, with lone 38 families remaining successful utmost poverty.
Kadirur has 3,146 Kudumbashree members successful 219 neighbourhood groups and has facilitated loans and subsidies worthy much than ₹16 crore. Under MGNREGS, 48,482 workdays were generated successful 2024-25, portion 17 houses were constructed done the LIFE lodging scheme.
The panchayat besides received appreciation for its healthcare network, which includes a household wellness centre, six sub-centres, Ayurveda and homeo dispensaries, and palliative attraction services.
Kadirur achieved the archetypal spot successful the State’s Clean and Green Panchayat rankings successful 2022 and 2025. The Haritha Karma Sena ensures 100% monthly integrative discarded postulation from households, portion watershed cleaning campaigns were conducted with large-scale nationalist participation.
The panchayat has besides implemented child-friendly and women-friendly initiatives, including astute anganwadis, Buds School for otherwise abled children, sex assets centres, self-defence grooming for girls and enactment programmes for aged women.
An ISO 9001:2015 certified section body, Kadirur was besides recognised for transparent governance, integer record processing systems, nationalist assistance desks, and extended payment infrastructure.
