Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh said that in the race of development, Chhattisgarh, though a new State, has overtaken many older States during the short span of 13 years, with a new enthusiasm and new energy.
He hoped that in the coming five years — from 2013- 2018 — Chhattisgarh would also be included in the rank of a few developed States and would progress with four times speed in comparison to the present time. During his statewide Vikas Yatra, while addressing a mammoth gathering at a public meeting organised at Kartala in Korba district, the chief Minister said that Chhattisgarh was the first and only State free from power cut. Chhattisgarh has brought the first Food Security Act in the country to provide cheap foodgrain to the poor, he added.
He said that Chhattisgarh has become a model in the country in the fields of agriculture, irrigation, trade and industry, education, health, public distribution system etc. The full credit of success that the State has been receiving at national level in every area of development should be given to the hardworking people of Chhattisgarh, he added.
The chief Minister said that the Government, in consultation with peoples’ representatives, prepares schemes and people with their hardwork bring it to its goal of success. The chief Minister on Sunday morning dedicated the trauma centre of the district hospital, furnished with all modern equipment with a cost of Rs 5.47 crore to the people of the State, He then left for Kartala via Urga and Nonbirra villages where he dedicated and performed bhumi poojan of 129 construction works costing Rs 103 crore. The chief Minister distributed implements and assistance amount under various schemes of the State Government to 197 beneficiaries in Kartala.