A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to constitute a Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Company for the implementation of light metro projects in Bhopal and Indore cities. The Board of Directors of the company will be headed by the CM while the Urban Development and Environment Minister will be its vice-chairman. The company will also have an executive committee comprising Mayors of Bhopal and Indore, the Chief Secretary and other concerned officers.
Re-densification scheme
The Cabinet sanctioned a re-densification scheme of north and south TT Nagar. In these areas, there are 2,767 highly dilapidated Government quarters of different categories. Under the re-densification scheme, private investors will remove existing houses and construct 4,284 houses of various categories and hand them over to the State Government.
Work of urban infrastructure under the scheme will be undertaken by the Bhopal Development Authority including 1.53 kilometre long flyover, 0.94 km long grade separator, new building of Kamla Nehru School, construction of new roads and widening and strengthening of old roads. A sum of Rs1,250 crore will be spent on construction of houses. The estimated cost of works to be undertaken by the Authority is Rs454 crore.
Under the re-densification scheme, proposals will be invited from private investors on premium bid basis. Work will be assigned to the investor offering the highest amount to the State Government. Apart from existing Government houses, about 1,500 additional new houses will also be made available. With strengthening of New Market area's infrastructure, common people will also get the benefit of systematic traffic and well-arranged market.
Assistant veterinary officers
The Cabinet decided to create promotion avenues for Assistant Veterinary Field Officers of the Animal Husbandry Department through upgradation of existing posts. Presently, there is no promotion channel for this cadre. They retire from the same post on which they are recruited. Following this decision, an Assistant Veterinary Officer can be promoted through upgradation of post after 12 years' service. Veterinary Field Officers will be promoted as Senior Veterinary Field Officers after 10 years' service and Senior Veterinary Field Officers as livestock Zonal Officers after eight years' service. The posts created include 1,100 of Veterinary Field Officers, 308 of Senior Veterinary Field Officers and 77 posts of livestock Zonal Officers.
Sanction for Rajghat project
The Cabinet accorded administrative sanction and investment clearance of Rs56.82 crore for IRM works of Rajghat canal project. Chief Minister Chouhan while lauding the progress of the Rajghat project, praised efforts of Health Minister Narottam Mishra. He said that there were talks about the project for a long time, but it has irrigated 1,85,176 hectare Rabi area till date during current year.
The Cabinet accorded revised administrative sanction and investment clearance of Rs23,311.79 lakh for revised command area of 9,950 hectares of Mahuar medium project in Shivpuri district. It will irrigate 9,950 hectares during Rabi and 5,525 hectares during Kharif every year.
land to Navodaya Vidyalaya
The Cabinet while reconsidering the State Government's decision of October 2009 on allotment of land to Navodaya Vidyalayas/Central Schools, decided to amend the policy released in November 2009. According to it, the Central schools will be allotted 4 acre land in municipal corporation areas, eight acres in other urban areas and up to 10 acres in other areas without premium and Re 1 lease rent.
Other decisions
The Cabinet decided to merge 15 officers/employees of the Madhya Pradesh State Oilseeds Federation on deputation in State Information Commission. Similarly, one employee of Oilseed Federation will be merged as assistant auditor and 16 employees as Assistant Grade-3. Oilseed Federation's 16 employees will be merged in the Cooperatives Department as assistant auditors and 32 as peons. The services of three employees of the Federation on deputation will be merged into the Urban Development and Environment Department. The Cabinet has sanctioned creation of necessary posts for management of Tribal Night Shelter-cum-Training Centre, Bhopal.