Chief Minister Raman Singh has nominated nine prominent people of Chhattisgarh from art, culture, social service, industrial and other sectors, as the ‘nine gems of the State’ for ensuring their significant contribution in the National Cleanliness Mission. This includes four Padma Shree award recipients as well.
The 'Navratnas' (Nine Gems) of Chhattisgarh will play active role and contribute in creating public awareness towards the ongoing 'Clean India Campaign', he said.
On Monday, these ‘Navratnas’ were invited at the Mantralaya where they were given detailed information about National Cleanliness Mission and were appealed for actively participating in execution of the campaign.
It is noteworthy that the persons nominated by the Chief Minister as nine gems are Swami Satyaroopanand from Vivekananda Ashram Raipur, Padma Shree, Pandwani Singer Teejan Bai, Padma Shree social workers Phoolbasan Yadav, and Dr ATK Dabke from Raipur, Padma Shree Film Actor Anuj Sharma, former Captain of Indian Women’s Hockey Team Saba Anjum, renowned industrialist Harish Kedia, CEO of Bhilai Steel Plant, S Chandrashekharan and Babruvahan Singh of Jashpur district.
The Chief Minister informed them about the programmes conducted so far in the State under ‘Clean India Campaign’ and requested for their active participation in the programmes to be held in future.
In the meeting, PHED Minister Ramsevak Paikra, Principal Secretary to PWD and Public Relations Amitabh Jain, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Aman Kumar Singh, Secretary PWD GS Mishra, Director Public Relations Rajat Kumar and other senior officials were also present on the occasion.