The funds for establishing oxy-forest in all the districts and plantation on riverbanks in Rajnandgaon district will be sanctioned from Hariyar Chhattisgarh funds, officials informed in a meeting chaired by State Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand at the Mantralaya here on Thursday.
The Chief Secretary in the meeting approved proposals of various works worth nearly Rs 67 crores for 2017-18.
This mainly includes the announcements made by Chief Minister Raman Singh on various occasions and other important works of State Government.
In the meeting, proposal worth Rs 1.68 crore was sanctioned for drinking water schemes in all the villages of Rajnandgaon district, Rs 2.45 crore for installation of solar water pumps in Baiga hamlets of Kabeerdham district, Rs 75 lakh for development works in Rajarao plateau area of Balod district, Rs 50 lakh for new pond development works in Farfaud village of Aarang block in Raipur district, Rs 10 crores for development works in 100 out of 431 villages converted from forest village to revenue village and proposal worth Rs 10 crore was approved for multi-tier plantation.
Nearly Rs 11 crore for Kosa Rally Promotions Camp, Rs 7 crore for catchment area development in Kasdol block of Balodabazar district, Rs 5 crore for lion safari and carnivore shifting in Naya Raipur based Jungle Safari, Rs 5 lakh for Sanctuary Education Committee Chhaparva under Achanakmar Tiger Reserve have been sanctioned in the meeting.
In the meeting, compliance report of the decisions taken in the previous meeting of the executive committee was reviewed.