Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife Sadhna Singh, along with former BJP president Nitin Gadkari here on Monday conferred, veteran social activist Dr Abhay Bang with Rs Suryoday Manavta Sewa Samman’ for his exceptional work in eradicating malnutrition and de-addiction in Maharashtra villages.
The award was conferred upon Bang at an august gathering at Rangoon Garden on the second day of Shree Dutt Jayanti Mahotsav. Speaking on the occasion, The Chief Minister while hailing social works being carried out by Bhaiyyu Maharaj said the State Government should derive an inspiration from the social services being carried out by him. Though the State Government on its part has been carrying out works for the social and economical upliftment of the poor and downtrodden in the society, the Government cannot do everything on its own and social and cultural organisations need to come forward to carry out social services, he added.
Reiterating to complete all his five resolves taken by him during his oath taking ceremony Chouhan while appreciating Bang’s contribution in rooting out malnutrition and his work on de-addiction, said that the state government from this year onward has also resolved not to give any new licenses for the opening of liquor shops in the state. He said the Government on its part, trying its best to improve basic infrastructure to make Madhya Pradesh as one of the leading states of the country.
Earlier, Bang after receiving award urged the government to implement its resolve in curbing de-additions from the state. He said that addition to liquor is the root cause of increasing number of crimes against society. Whether be it Nirbhaya case, sexual molestation case against justice Ganguli and senior journalist Tarun Tejpal’s involvement in sexual molestation of a female scribe, in all these cases it has been found that all the accused were under the influence of liquor when they committed the crime.