Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh has said that the Vikas Yatra of the state government has surely been successful in creating an atmosphere of faith among the common man in the naxal-infested Bastar region. The state-wide Yatra was a symbol of love, cooperation and faith between the people of Chhattisgarh and the state government, he added.
Addressing a mammoth public meeting on the 2nd day of the state-wide Vikas Yatra at the headquarters of the newly formed Kondagaon district on late Tuesday night, the chief minister said that “people have trust in the policies of Chhattisgarh government and this trust is the strength of the government.”
The chief minister inaugurated the second phase of the ‘Nava Jathan’ scheme, launched by the state government for the eradication of malnutrition. Singh, under the scheme of the state government, has distributed free solar lamp and solar study lamp to the villagers and school students of Kondagaon district on the occasion.
local school girls in large number accorded a hearty welcome to the chief minister. Singh blessed the girls and gave away free text books to them, singh said taht sea of humanity that gathered at the Yatra is an indication of the great faith of people on the policies and schemes of the state government, the CM added. Tribal and scheduled caste minister Kedar Kashyap, woman and child development minister lata Usendi, forest minister Vikram Usendi, Member of Parliament from Kanker Sohan Potai, MP from Bastar Dinesh Kashyap, Bastar district panchayat president lachhuram Kashyap and Ramsevak Paikara were also present at the Kondagaon public meeting.