On the instructions of chief minister Dr Raman Singh, district administrative officers of the district have started visiting the naxalite-infested villages. In this regard, Rajnandgaon collector Ashok Agrawal and superintendent of police Sanjeev Shukla and other senior officers of the district administration heard the problems of villagers at a camp organized at village Khandgaon on Sunday.
large number of people from the naxalite-affected villages of Ghodagaon, Pusewada, Kosmi, Padbharri, Thoda, Adhjaal, Dorba, Navatolla, Jabke, Kumurkatta,Bhattgaon, Godhara, Khandgaon, Hathra and Kahadbari attended the camp. In the camp a 60-year-old woman of a naxal-affect family in an application submitted to the collector, urged him to give admission to her grandson Himanshu Chhediya in the Eklavya Vidyalaya. The collector immediately granted sanction to the application.
Addressing the villagers the collector said that new nayab tehsildar would be posted at Manpur-Mohla areas. He instructed the CEO of Janpad Panchayat to ensure payment of labour-oriented work under the Employment Guarantee scheme by June 30.