Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday assured that the Chhattisgarh government will extend every possible support to farmers in the regions where loss or damage to crops has been incurred.
He was addressing a public welfare fair organized at the high school ground in Basna area of Mahasamund district.
The Chief Minister on the occasion distributed goods and cheques to more than 7,000 beneficiaries under various schemes of the State Government.
He also declared Bavankera village and Birkol village as open-defecation free and felicitated the sarpanch of these villages.
Singh said in his address that to bring relief to farmers, Aannawari reports will be prepared at panchayat-level instead of block-level, and employment of 150 days will be facilitated in the areas, where low yield of crops has been recorded.
At a Public Welfare Fair, the Chief Minister distributed loans worth Rs10 crore to 2000 small traders under Pradhan Mantri Mundra Yojana and amount of Rs84 lakh for bicycles and torches to 1458 kotwars, 629 Mitanins and 637 shepherds under labour Department's schemes.
On the occasion, Singh presented 156 development works worth Rs79 crore to people of the district.
He also felicitated Sarpanchs of those 15 villages, which has become open-defecation free. The programme was presided over by Parliamentary Secretary of Women and Child Development Department Roopkumari Choudhary.
At the Public Welfare Fair, Singh inaugurated 15 development works worth nearly Rs27.58 crore, which included tarring of Pirda-Bhanwarpur Road done at the cost of Rs12 crore, Manki Anicut constructed at the cost of nearly Rs6 crore, ITI girls hostel of capacity 100-seat built in Mahasamund at the cost of Rstwo crore, post matric tribal girls hostel built at the cost of Rs1.54 crore and Gaurtek-Dhanapali Road constructed at the cost of Rs1.83 crore.
The Chief Minister also laid foundation and did bhumi-pujan of 84 development works worth nearly Rs46 crore, which mainly included bridge construction on Muraidhova Nala and Sukha Nala at the cost of Rs10 crore, bridge construction over Katangi Nala at the cost of Rs3.89 crore, Darrabhata diversion at the cost of Rs3.73 crore, construction of livelihood College building in Mahasamund at the cost of Rs2.12 crore, High Tension line and Power Substation worth Rs2.5 crore to be constructed in Chimerkel, construction of 35 Cement Concrete (CC) roads in various villages including Chuipali-Jampali Road to be constructed at the cost of Rs2.85 crore, 11 Gaurav Path, Highe School building, forest road, Atal Samrasta Bhavan, community halls and various other development works.