Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Pithampur is a major industrial area in the State with immense potential of industrial investment. A Development Authority will be constituted at Pithampur to further develop the area.
The Chief Minister was addressing an Antyodaya Mela at Pithampur in Dhar district on Sunday. Chouhan said that a State level convention will soon be held at Bhopal to economically empower self-help groups.
The Chief Minister also said that 15 lakh houses will be constructed in the State in next 3 years. He said that the State Government is functioning in accordance with concept of social justice. Reservation policy will continue in the State.
Chouhan announced to upgrade Government Girls College, Dhar to post-graduate college from next session, Dhar Haat on lines of Bhopal Haat at Dhar, install statue of Raja Bhoj and develop Abhiviyakti Chowk etc. He said that Dhar will be made number one district of the State.
The Chief Minister dedicated and laid foundation stones of 113 development works costing `477 crore. Over 40,000 persons were benefited by government schemes at Antyodaya Mela. Material, cheques and sanction letters of total `64 crore were distributed to beneficiaries. Various Government departments put up an exhibition at Mela venue.
District Panchayat Chairperson Malti Mohan Patel, MP Savitri Thakur, former Minister Vikram Verma, MlAs Neena Vikram Verma, Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat, Ranjana Baghel, Kalu Singh Thakur and Vel Singh Bhuria were present on the occasion.