Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid foundation stones for various development works worth Rs 126.24 here on Wednesday. The Chief Minister, who arrived here on Tuesday night, also held interactions with the villagers.
Sadhna Singh, wife of Chouhan, Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Narottam Mishra, Parliamentarian from Bhind Ashok Argal and other public representatives were present on the occasion.
The works for which foundation stones were laid included Rs 69.50 crore Udganwa group water supply scheme of Public Health and Engineering department and 10 works costing over Rs 1 crore under drinking water scheme. He also inaugurated three drinking water schemes costing Rs 64 lakh.
Chouhan laid foundation stone for an ITI building costing Rs 3.46 crore and four works worth Rs 25.52 crore under Rajkeeya Marg Yojana. He also laid foundation stones for buildings of 4 high schools costing Rs 1.37 crore.
The CM inaugurated a Record Room of land Records department costing Rs 25 lakh, Rooms costing Rs 2.55 crore, panchayat building costing Rs 2.85 crore and roads under Mukhyamantri Gram Sadak Yojana. He also laid foundation stone for roads costing Rs 2.42 crore under Mukhyamantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
Under Bundelkhand Project, he inaugurated building of Basai Krishi Upaj Mandi costing Rs 7.40 crore and Undrawan Krishi Upaj Mandi costing Rs 7.80 crore.On the second day of his Datia visit on Wednesdy, Chief Minister along with his wife Sadhna Singh performed pooja at Pitambara Shaktipeeth in the morning.
When he arrived at Datia on Tuesday night he addressed a gathering for around half an hour. After night halt in Datia, the Chief Minister offered prayers at renowned Peetambara Peeth and left for Bhopal at around 10 am.