Unable to fly for Maihar due to bad weather, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan addressed an election meeting through mobile phone. Electioneering for the Maihar Municipality is underway and the chief minister was supposed to address a public meeting there on Tuesday, but on reaching airport he was told that due to bad weather it is not possible for him to fly. Having come to know this Chouhan addressed the public meeting through mobile.
Chouhan in his address said, “This election should be seen in broader context as this election if for development and public welfare. The state government has resolved to develop Maihar in such a model town where tourists from the country and foreign countries would reach to do darshan of Sidh Peeth besides seeing the captivating tableau of development.”
Chouhan further said that the promises made during the assembly by-poll are being fulfilled; work on Rs 35 crore potable water scheme is going on while the housing scheme at the cost of Rs 50 crore is also taking shape. Rs 50 lakh have been approved for water bodies and Rs 50 lakh scheme for Ren Basera has been approved for Maihar and work on them has already been started. Pattas are being provided on war footing to homeless as per their possession over land area, he added.
He said that grand temple of Saint Ravidas is being constructed and the sanction of over 1.25 crore schemes for Maihar is a just a humble presentation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of the state. It is for the first time in the history of Maihar that schemes worth over a crore have been sanctioned, he added.
The chief minister said, “After completion of the Maihar Municipality election I will come there to thank and express gratitude towards people.”