Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that Jharkhand has to be made an educational hub by augmentation of resources available in the State and the Government will leave no stone unturned to do the job. The CM, who visited the proposed site for establishment of Knowledge City at Khunti on Tuesday, said that that developed human resource is possible only through education.
Das, who was there with Rural Development Minister Nilkanth Singh Munda and senior officials, said that the state abounds in geniuses and the inhabitants of the state have proved their worth not only in the state but also in the nation & abroad. He said that the laurels the students and professionals are receiving in foreign countries are testimony of the brilliance of the students & they will have to maintain this brilliance for the welfare of the nation & the world.
The Chief Minister directed the concerned officers to fix a time frame to avoid wastage of time. He said to compensate as per the law to the land owners whose land has been acquired. Alongwith and Nilkanth Singh Munda the Chief Minister talked to the land owners & directed the officers to pay the compensation amount to the people in time. The local villagers assured the CM to extend every possible cooperation for the establishment of Knowledge City. The Chief Minister also talked to the women present there and asked about their work. On complaint against less payment than minimum wages the Chief Minister directed the SDO (civil) Khunti to probe into the matter immediately & lodge F.I.R. against the guilty.
Meanwhile, holding a review meeting of different departments Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba said that the image of the villages has to be changed at any cost by strengthening the Gram Panchayats, which was possible only if they achieve their targets of development by moving step by step with the state government. The CS was holding a review meeting of various departments at his office in Ranchi.
“Gram panchayats should concentrate on completing the schemes on time as funds are being provided for that,” said the CS, stressing on the need of developing panchayat buildings as model ones in the area.
Principal Secretary, Water Resource Department Sukhdev Singh however, said that DPR has been sent to Central Water Commission for the construction of Budhai lake which is expected to get clearance in the current financial year. Regarding Suru lake scheme, he said that the project is affected due to demand of compensation by 185 families at new rate. He said that the development commissioner has been looking into it and has assured to find out a solution for it very soon.
While reviewing the Forest and Environment Department, Gauba directed the officials to prepare Kendu leaf Policy so that Kendu leaf can be directly bought from the Kendu leaf collectors. He asked the officials to train the youths for the promotion of eco tourism by constituting Eco-development Committee and Village Development Committees in the villages.
RDD Principal Secretary N. N. Sinha informed the Chief Secretary that 100 villages for developing them as Aadarsh Gram under Chief Minister Aadarsh Gram Yojana have been identified where unrestricted electricity supply will be restored.
Food and Civil Supplies Secretary Vinay Kumar Choubey informed the Chief Secretary that ration cards were being seeded with Aadhar number and is expected to be completed by the next month.
Principal Secretary (Finance) Amit Khare, RDD Principal Secretary N. N. Sinha, Principal Secretary, Water Resource Department Sukhdev Singh, Agriculture Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni, Secretary Food Supply and PDS Vinay Choubey, IPRD Director Awadhesh Kumar Pandey along with other officers were also present in the meeting.