Raipur is now taking the shape of a Metro city. Developing necessary facilities for the local people according to the glory of the capital and the basic needs of a Metro city is the responsibility and priority of the State Government, said PWD minister Brijmohan Agrawal.
Addressing the bhumi poojan function of a cement concrete road to be constructed at a cost of Rs2.8 crore at Priyadarshani Nagar, the PWD minister said that after the creation of Chhattisgarh state Raipur has been developing fast in the last 13 years. The minister has accorded sanction for various development works worth Rs55 lakh.
He said that under the leadership of CM Dr Raman Singh, the state government has continuously been making efforts for the proper development of Raipur, as a result people were extending continuous cooperation and support to the State Government.
Agrawal said that he was enjoying the love and cooperation of the people of the area since last 23 years and that was his greatest strength and inspiration. Banking on the trust of the people commendable development works have been done in the state, he added.
Agrawal said that this year the PWD would construct roads costing Rs100 crore in the Raipur municipal corporation limits. During the last session sanctioned had been accorded for construction of 40-km roads at a cost of Rs60 crore, he added.
The minister said that earlier Chhattisgarh had been known as a backward state, but because of the unflinching will power of the State Government the state has been included in the list of advanced states of the country. To provide basic
facilities to the increasing population of the state capital was the responsibility of all, he added. Agrawal, on the occasion, declared sanction of Rs50 lakh for the construction of drainage for the removal of rain water at Priyadarshani Nagar and Rs5 lakh for the construction of Anganbadi Bhawan at Sarvodaya Nagar.
Raipur Development Authority chairman Sunil Soni said that development thought is the speciality of the State Government. Because of the achievements acquired by the state government in different areas of development, today Chhattisgarh had been included in the top states of the country, he added.
On the occasion, under the schemes of the state government, bicycles and sewing machines have been given to about 100 women beneficiaries.
Raipur municipal corporation Mayor Dr Kiranmayi Nayak, leader of the Opposition in the Raipur municipal corporation, Subhash Tiwari, officers and local citizens in large number were present at the function.