The zeal and passion of people of the State could be seen in the Statewide Vikas Yatra, which has so far been covered about 5,000 kilometers. This zeal and passion of the people were the biggest strength for the development of Chhattisgarh, said Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh.
Addressing a massing public meeting organised at tehsil headquarters Sakti in Janjgir-Champa district on the first day of the sixth phase of his Vikas Yatra on Sunday, the Chief Minister said that with the blessings of Danteshwari Mata, he had started the Vikas Yatra at the district headquarters Dantewada in South Bastar under the scorching sun on May 6.
He said hat till the fifth phase of the Yatra, the weather has been changed. The monsoon has come and Chhattisgarh has recorded highest rainfall.
The rivers and rivulets have sufficient water and the agricultural farms and lakes have been filled to the brinks.
The Chief Minister said that he was apprehending that because of bad weather and as the rivers and rivulets were on the spate due to incessant rainfall there would be blockade in transportation and people could not attend the Vikas Yatra programmes.
But in each public meeting and welcome meeting people in thousands, including aged, youths, children and women enthusiastically attended, he added.
The Chief Minister said that people accorded him spirited welcomes at places.
Even rain and storm cannot stop the people of Chhattisgarh, he added.