Famous residential cradle of the country, Netarhat school, would get its own dedicated water filtration plant in the premise for the kids coming to study here. The noble gift has come from none other than Chief Minister Raghubar Das who on his maiden visit to the school made an announcement in this regard.
The CM, who was on the last leg of his two-day stay at the picturesque site where he was to attend the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday alongwith his colleagues and officials and spent his night, visited the school on Thursday. “The Government would install a water filtration plant here as soon as possible so that the students can get potable drinking water. Also, an indoor stadium would be built for promotion of sports,” said Das.
The CM also announced that three more divisions of the State would get Netarhat-like schools and restoration of the ‘Chalet House’, the wooden made structure from the schools was originally started, as a heritage structure. Also, an agriculture center and Tribal Training Centre would come up at Netarhat.
He went on stressing over the need of clean drinking water supply across the State. “The Government has made a commitment to take piped water supply to every village of Jharkhand by the end of 2022. The step is important keeping in mind health of the people which is not possible without pure drinking water,” added the CM.
Before leaving for Ranchi, he took part in an exhibition cricket match locally and showed his willow wielding qualities with some lusty blows all across the ground. The CM also visited the famous sunrise point and captured the moments into his camera. The CM there lauded tourism facilities developed recently by the Tourism Department, especially the Swiss tent, calling it incredible for this part of the region.
later in the day in the capital, the CM attended a get-together of Gujarati community where he was also honoured with the Jharkhand Prestige Award organised on the golden jubilee year of the All India Gujarati society.
Speaking on the occasion, Das said that the society has played an important role in the development of the country. “Today, not only in India but Gujaratis are respected as migrant Indians. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led the world community, has emerged from the land of Sardar Patel. The whole country has faith in them and the expectations of the world community have increased,” said the CM.
He also advocated the idea of IJIJorganising 'Momentum Jharkhand' which, he said, had been conceived with the success of ‘Vibrant Gujarat’. “The image of scam Jharkhand is being transformed into land of possibilities. Today, the reputation of Jharkhand has not only increased India but in the world,” said Das.
The Chief Minister reiterated his pledge to overthrow poverty from the State and sought active support from the Gujarati community along with contributions from every quarter in making sanitation campaign a success and in the process make entire Jharkhand open defecation free by 2018. He also batted for girl empowerment
He, on the occasion, assured that Pataliputra Medical College, Dhanbad would be renamed after Jaswant Bhai Bora for his unparallel contribution in the field of education in Jharkhand. President of the Gujarati society, Paresh Chauhan, Additional Advocate General Himanshu Kumar Mehta, vice president Chandrakant Raipat and representatives of Gujarati society also attended the programme.