“Engineering colleges, medical colleges and other colleges have been opened in the last 11 years in Shahdol. Roads have been constructed and the irrigation system has been strengthened in Shahdol,” said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. While addressing a public meeting in Shahdol on Sunday, Chouhan stated that it is necessary to make BJP by-poll candidate Gyan Singh victorious in the election in order to ensure the continuity of development.
The State Government has provided wheat, rice and salt at the rate of Rs1 in order to strengthen the food security. Congress never thought about the poor people, tribal and people of scheduled castes. Chouhan further said that no person in the State would remain houseless by the year 2022. One lakh licenses (Pattas) have been distributed to the poor in the State. The State Government is committed to provide the basic amenities to the people of the State. The farmers of the country were migrating from the agriculture but the MP Government has provided loan at zero per cent interest in order to support the farmers and to pave the way for progress, he added.