On the occasion of the 214th birth anniversary of martyr Pandey Ganpat Rai, a function was organised at Bharon village of Bhandra block of Lohardaga district on Tuesday. Finance Minister cum local MLA Dr. Rameshwar Oraon inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp. Earlier, the Minister and Deputy Commissioner Dr. Waghmare Prasad Krishna and other officials and villagers garlanded the statue of the martyr.
Chief guest Dr. Rameshwar Oraon said that martyr Ganpat Rai and other martyrs had sacrificed their lives for the country. At that time many rural areas were not developed. At that time there was no electricity, no roads. Freedom fighters sacrificed everything to liberate the country and make the country better. After that it was the responsibility of the governments to change the situation of the country and bring development in the country.
Dr Oraon said that after the formation of the state, it was ruled by different political parties. In the last three years, the present government has done much better work. During this, in Lohardaga district, Senha road from Bhandra to Masmano was paved, Bitpi to Kota paved road, Bhandra to Akashi paved road, Padha building constructed in Jamgain, Padha building constructed in Navdiha, Kala Sanskriti Bhavan constructed in Jamgain. Similarly, an amount of Rs 58 crore was approved for the beautification of Nandini reservoir. In this way, many works have been done by the government in the district. We have done the work of realizing the dreams of Martyr Pandey Ganpat Rai.
As a special guest, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Waghmare Prasad Krishna said that freedom fighters fought for the freedom of the country. We got freedom as a result of the struggle that started in the year 1857. Today, even in schools, students are benefiting from the thoughts of the martyrs.
Stalls related to their respective schemes were set up by Agriculture, Cooperative, Labour, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Social Security, Food Supply, Child Development Project, Hindalco, Udyan, JSLPS, Health and Circle Office Bhandra at the venue.
Padma Shri recipient Madhu Mansoori Hasmukh, Deputy Development Commissioner Sameera S, Sub-Divisional Officer Arvind Kumar Lal, District Public Relations Officer Paltu Mahato, MLA Pratima Nishith Jaiswal, President Dr. Vandana Rai, Manisha Sahay, Pratima Mani Tripathi, Pushpa Sahay on behalf of the Martyrs Memorial Committee in the program. Along with a large number of family members, Chief Minister's representative Dr. Tanuj Khatri, Dr. Subhash Sahu, a large number of villagers were present.