Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that a new chapter of progress has been written in Vindhya region. God and nature have bestowed gift of immense natural resources to this region. Previous governments did not use this natural wealth due to which the Vindhya became a backward and poor region. Present government has removed the blot of backwardness.
Now, farmers in Vindhya region have power for agriculture and water for irrigation as a result of which its agriculture production has increased from 5 lakh tones to 14 lakh tonnes. Chouhan was laying foundation stones for Bansagar multipurpose project’s Bahuti canal project and Teonthar Bahao project at Mangawan, 35 kilometers away from Rewa today.
Chouhan said that efforts are afoot to uplift education level. Government’s schools’ arrangements have been streamlined. New cadre of Adhyapaks has been created and policy of equal salary for equal work has been framed. He said that state is moving towards industrial revolution. A network of small and cottage industries is being laid so that youths of the state can become self-reliant. For this, loans are being provided to youths in easy manner on state government’s guarantee.
Dedicating both the projects to people, the Chief Minister hoped that these projects will bring about prosperity and progress in entire Vindhya region and it will become as prosperous as Punjab. Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla expressed gratitude on his and district’s people’s behalf to the Chief Minister for meeting this long-standing demand. He expressed happiness over laying of foundation stones for completing pending construction works of Bansagar project.