nDescribing Rajim as just not a city but a symbol of culture for Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced on Thursday that 54 acres have been identified to celebrate Ranjim Mela systematically every year.
Rajim is not only the point of confluence of three rivers but a place where people from Chhattisgarh as well as Odisha and Maharashtra visited to attend the mega fair, Baghel told the Jubilee Festival of Bhakti Mahtari Rajim Dai organized by Sahu Samaj in Rajim.
He said the district administration has identified 54 acres of land for the new venue to hold Rajim Mela. It includes some private land, consent for which has been obtained from the land-owner farmers.
He said that all necessary arrangements and construction will be done at the site to ensure that the saints, government employees and other people coming from outside during the Rajim Mela do not face any inconvenience.
Baghel announced that the newly built Community Health Center at Fingeshwar will be named after Bhakti Mahtari Rajim Dai. He announced `50 lakh for the under-construction Dharamshala in Rajim and five acres of land for the Rajim Mata Research Institute.
He said that every possible effort is being made by the government to arrange gunny bags for paddy procurement. He said that due to corona crisis Chhattisgarh sought only 350,000 bales of gunny bags but the Jute Commissioner said only 145,000 bales could be given.
Of this, Chhattisgarh has so far received only 105,000 gunny bags, he added.