The government of Madhya Pradesh is continuously working for the welfare of the poor people. Our aim is to bring happiness in the lives of the poor people. The state government is giving 10 kg of food grains every month to the poor at the rate of Re 1 per kg. The state government has decided to waive the electricity bills deferred during the Corona period. Chief Minister Chouhan was addressing the public gathering on Thursday after dedicating the state's highest railway over bridge at Katni built at a cost of Rs 85 crore.
Finance Minister and Minister in charge of Katni district Jagdish Deora, Public Works Minister Gopal Bhargava, MP VD Sharma, MLA Sandeep Jaiswal, Sanjay Satyendra Pathak, former minister Moti Kashyap were present along with public representatives, officials and a large number of citizens.
Dedicating the railway over bridge of Katni, Chief Minister Chouhan said that the state government would not allow any shortage of funds for development works. Our government is making roads worth Rs.32 thousand crores in the state. We will take all the small and big development works in our hands and complete them. The dream of every poor person in the state will be fulfilled. Those who do not have land to build a house, they will be made the owner of the land by giving them a lease of residential land. In the coming three years, every poor person will have his own pucca house.
Chouhan called upon the people to participate and take responsibility for making Katni clean, tidy and beautiful and also administered a pledge. The Chief Minister said that the government would do development works, but people would have to come forward to make Katni beautiful and clean city like Indore. He said that whatever development demands have been made by the local MLA Sandeep Jaiswal, they will be fulfilled.
MP VD Sharma congratulated the people of Katni for getting the highest over bridge in the state. He said that it was very important to build this bridge. With its construction, the people of Katni will start getting better transportation facilities and get rid of the long traffic jams on the roads. He said that the State Government is working fast in the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide tap-water to every household.
Public Works Minister Gopal Bhargava said that building flyovers within cities is a challenging task. Facing this challenge, a good quality flyover at Katni has been completed in a short span of time. With increasing population pressure in cities, the demand for flyovers is also increasing. In the year 2021-22, approval has been given for 105 railway over bridges in the state.
Of these, 34 work has started and in the next three years, the work of all 105 railway over bridges will be completed.
MLA Shri Sandeep Jaiswal said that today Katni has received the gift of development works worth crores of rupees. The work of Girls College building has also been completed, it will be inaugurated soon. He urged the Chief Minister for renovation of Forester Play Ground, allotment of land to the businessmen left out of land allotment in Transport Nagar and to shift the District Transport Office away from Katni toll barrier.
It is noteworthy that the newly constructed Railway Over Bridge has been built at a cost of Rs. 85 crore 49 lakh 45 thousand. It has the distinction of being the highest bridge in the state. This over bridge is 18.04 meters high above the railway line. The state's first grade separator is being made by the Railways, so the height of the bridge has been increased to give it clearing. State-of-the-art engineering technology and materials have been used in the construction of the bridge. Noise barriers have been installed on the bridge for noise reduction. The total length of the railway over bridge cum flyover standing on the 48 pillar from Bargawan to Chandak Chowk is 1433.51 meters. The bridge has a carrying capacity of 70 tonnes. The bridge has a total of 47 spawns, the weight of its one girder is 150 tonnes and height is three meters.