Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday reviewed the preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Sahibganj on April 6 to lay the foundation of a bridge over river Ganga.
The CM held a high-level meeting with the district administration and also passed certain directions to Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma and other senior officials.
Holding a meeting at the Circuit House of Sahibganj, the CM took stock of the minute-to-minute programme of the PM besides the arrangements made for the people coming for the event. The Prime Minister during his visit on April 6 is slated to lay foundation stone for the bridge of over Ganga river, hand over smart phones to sakhi mandal women and distribute appointment letters to Paharia primitive tribesmen.
“The Ganga river bridge would not only prove a milestone for development of Jharkhand but for the entire north-eastern states. It would connect Jharkhand and the country with N-E and Myanmar. The Prime Minister would lay foundation for the bride and also of a port at Sahibganj at Ganga river,” said the CM later talking to media persons.
He further added that during his trip, the PM under the cashless initiative handover smart phones to sakhi mandals covering one lakh women attached to it. “We have taken measures for the development of Paharia tribes and formed two battalions. The PM would distribute appointment letters to their members. I also appeal people of the area to come in large numbers to attend the programme on April 6,” said the CM.
He also mentioned the efforts put in by people’s representatives in making the bridge a reality for the region and told them to contribute their bit in making the stay of the people coming to listen to the PM comfortable. “leaders and officials both should work hard and ensure that people coming for the programme get adequate facility for their travelling, stay and food and water. Sufficient number of water tankers should be in place here at the venue and lED screens be installed. Administration should mark directions so that no discomfort is caused to the common citizens coming here,” said the CM.
The Chief Secretary told the district administration to prepare checklists about the preparations well in time and examined the entire programme slated to take place on the dais in the presence of the Prime Minister. All the officials have been assigned tasks to be completed in the next 2-3 days.
Ministers louis Marandi and Randhir Singh, MlAs Anant Ojha, Tala Marandi, DGP DK Pandey, Additional Chief Secretaries Amit Khare and RK Srivastava, Principal Secretary of the CM Sanjay Kumar along with several other senior officials were present during the review meeting.