Raipur

Vikas Yatra: CM to leave for Kota today

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Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, for the fifth phase of his state-wide Vikas Yatra, will leave Raipur on August 22 at 10.20 am by helicopter and reach Ratanpur in Bilaspur district, the famous pilgrimage of Chhattisgarh at 11 am. After pooja and archana at Mahamaya temple, he will attend the welcome meeting there and then reach Kota by helicopter at 12.15 pm.

At Kota, the chief minister will gift 19 development works worth Rs 91.05 crore to people. In the programme organised there he would distribute materials worth Rs 24.20 lakh to 6,564 beneficiaries of various schemes.

During his Kota programme, the chief minister will dedicate Gobaripat anicut costing Rs 2.93 crore, Sajapalli anicut of RS 3.31 crore, Chantapara anicut worth Rs 7.50 crore, Bhainsajhar anicut costing Rs 5.84 crore, Kekra Kholi anicut worth Rs 5.80 crore and Amagohan anicut worth RS 3.57 crore.

He will also dedicate high school buildings worth Rs 58 lakh each in Jogipur, Bachhalikhurd and Umaria Dadar, roads worth Rs 30.42 crore, helipad costing Rs 4 lakh constructed near Mahamai Mandir, veterinary hospital buildings at Tenganmada and Jhingatpur, bridge on Javas river and post metric SC girls hostel.

The Chief Minister will lay foundation stone for Barar anicut, Pahanda anicut, EHT substation worth Rs 14.25 crore of Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Bilaspur and tehsil building worth Rs 24 lakh.

He will distribute pair of ox to five Baigas of Baiga Development Council under the Mukhyamantri Hitgrahi Moolak Yojana, cycles and sewing machines to 970 workers and women workers of unorganized sector under BOC Karmakar Yojana, nets to 15 fishermen, ration cards to 5000 beneficiaries.