Under Hamar Chhattisgarh Yojna, as many as 575 panchayat representatives of Naxal-infested Bastar division on Saturday visited several places of Naya Raipur and old Raipur city to witness development.
The panchs and sarpanchs belonged to seven districts of Bastar division includes 30 from Narayanpur, 53 from Dantewada, 124 from Bastar, 115 from Kondagaon, 120 from Kanker, 75 from Sukma and 58 panchayat representatives from Bijapur district respectively.
On the first of their study tour, the panchayat representatives had a rare experience of enjoying jungle safari at Naya Raipur. They also visited to Mahanadi Bhawan which is a sprawling secretariat building.
At secretariat in Naya Raipur, Registrar of Secretariat Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha briefed them about infrastructure, and other facilities.
Meanwhile, the panchayat representatives too visited Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Science Centre, photo exhibition of Public Relations department, holographic presentation of Chief Minister Raman Singh’s programme ‘Raman Ke Baat Hamar Mann Ke Saath’ etc.