Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that house of renowned poet Pt Makhanlal Chaturvedi in Babai will be converted into a grand memorial. State Government will bear its cost. He said an ITI will be opened in Babai. Chouhan was addressing Antoday Mela in Babai in Hoshangabad district.
CM dedicated works of Rs 33.07 crore and performed bhoomi-pujan for 19 works to the tune of Rs 12.76 crore. Assembly speaker Seetasharan Sharma, public works Minister Rampal Singh, minister of state for food processing Suryaprakash Meena, former Minister Sartaj Singh, Member of Parliament Rao Uday Pratap Singh, MlA Thakurdas Nagvanshi were present on the occasion.
Chouhan said that Antoday Mela would now be converted as Garib Mela. State Government is committed for welfare of poor. He said, poor people residing at a place will be given ownership right (patta). Chouhan said that two lakh houses will be given to poor people by the year 2018. CM said that fruit saplings will be planted on one km of alongside of Narmada river. Farmer’s consent will be taken in this regard. He said, sewage water flowing in the river will be stopped. Sewage treatment plant having cost of Rs 1500 crore is being set up.
Referring welfare of farmers, CM said that farmers' income will be doubled in coming five years. He announced to set up industry at Babai farm. CM announced to construct 300 houses having cost of Rs 15 crore, for poorer, Rs 10 lakh for water conservation in old water reservoirs, Rs one crore each for new office building for Nagar Panchayat and bus stand.
He further announced Rs 18 crore for re-construction of road from Bagra to Nasirabad. Chouhan said Rs 218 crore would be distributed in 71 thousand 517 farmers for crop compensation. Chouhan said that Rs 7,600 crore were deposited in bank accounts for laptop to 18,000 meritorious students and 23,000 girls for providing benefits under ladli laxmi Yojana. CM distributed amounts and items to 11,324 beneficiaries under different schemes of the State Government in Antoday Mela.