Chief Minister Raghubar Das while counting on the steps his Government has taken since storming into power two years ago said that tribals of the State, especially of the Santhal Pargana region need a big leap forward to escape poverty net.
In his address on the occasion of foundation laying and opening of several development schemes for the State in Sahibganj on Thursday, the CM also painted rosy picture for its future in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
“Politics has been on its prime in Santhal Pargana but the region remained very backward. The projects coming up here would remove the deprivation and initiate overall development of the region, both socially and economically. This is going to be a big leap forward for tribals of the region and otherwise,” said he, adding that the State was not lacking anything but honesty and his Government was delivering with upmost sincerity.
The CM underlined ‘Dakia scheme’ meant to doorstep delivery of food grains to primitive tribe families, complete electrification of 32000 villages by 2018, 2650 MW solar power generation by 2020 and empowerment of panchayats as some of the initiatives of his Government.
“Middlemen are dominant in Santhal Pargana and the State. We have taken certain steps for empowering the panchayats. We are going to connect over 4000 panchayats through Bharat Net. Our Government has sanctioned schemes worth Rs 18000 crore for tribals.
We are also going to develop Santhal Pargana through Van-bandhu scheme,” said Raghubar Das.
He expressed hope that over 45,000 direct employment generation would come through the projects coming up at Sahibganj and explained the role of the Ganga bridge as a connecting link between Jharkhand and rest of the country and even world.