Chief Minister Raman Singh has completed his tour of all the seven insurgency-infested districts of Bastar Revenue Division under the month-long lok Suraaj Campaign, officials stated. The insurgency-infested districts of the State have been the prime focus of Chief Minister’s tours, they stated. In the first fortnight of this campaign, Singh had visited left Wing Extremism (lWE)-affected areas of the State and boosted confidence of people in the districts while giving the message of the State Government’s commitment for peaceful development of rural pockets.
On Thursday, Singh visited Sukma and South Bastar (Dantewada) districts. During this visit, Singh appeared in his popular avatar of an experienced doctor. It is noteworthy that after night stay in District Headquarters Kondagaon, the Chief Minister left for his journey under the campaign, via helicopter on Thursday. At first, he paid a surprise visit to Naxal violence hit village Chintalnar of Sukma district, where he inspected local Government hospital and its medicine store.
During the inspection, Singh took up his role of experienced doctor and did health check-up of a small girl there. During the programme organised at village Chintalnar, the Chief Minister announced allotment of Ambulance to Primary Health Centre, electrification of Chintalnar and adjacent villages, construction of toilets in houses of villagers, and allotment of houses to needy families under Indira Housing Scheme.
Singh sanctioned Rs10 lakh for construction of function hall and Rs5 lakh for bus stop in Chintalnar. The Chief Minister announced facilitation of drinking water supply in the village through solar energy pumps. He said that building and boundary walls would be constructed for Mata Rukmani Baalak Ashram in the village and instructed officials of District Administration to organise public grievance redressal camp in Chintalnar next week.
In the programme, Singh inaugurated and carried out bhumi-pujan of 54 construction works worth nearly Rs50.16 crore. He also inaugurated newly-built Transit Hostel there. later, Singh reached livelihood College and distributed various kinds of goods to the students for their skill development. This mega event of State-level lok Suraaj Abhiyan had commenced on birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar- the chief architect of Indian Constitution, i.e. on April 14 and it will conclude on May 13.
The Chief Minister had initiated his journey under lok Suraaj Abhiyan from Naxal affected districts-Narayanpur and Bijapur. On the first day of the campaign, he had held a Chaupal in Chhote Dongar — a remote village of Abujhmad in Narayanpur district and in village Manjhiguda of Bijapur district. On Wednesday, also, Singh had visited three Naxal-affected districts namely North Bastar (Kanker), Bastar (Jagdalpur), and Kondagaon.