Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that with the objective of giving important rights to the tribal class, the Collectors should play an active role along with various related departments to implement the PESA rule implemented in the state from November 15. The class related to PESA awareness conference should be given detailed information about the rules. Today, PESA awareness conference was successfully organized at Kesala in Narmadapuram district.
Such conferences will be held in other districts as well. Along with this, the state level PESA workshop will be held in Bhopal on November 22. In this Commissioners and IGs of Chambal, Ujjain, Indore, Narmadapuram, Jabalpur, Shahdol and Rewa divisions, Sheopur, Ratlam, Dhar, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Khargone, Barwani, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Betul, Narmadapuram, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Dindori, Balaghat, Shahdol, Anuppur, Umaria and Sidhi Collectors, Superintendents of Police, DFOs and CEOs zila Panchayats will participate. Chief Minister Chouhan gave instructions to the collectors regarding PESA awareness program through video conference from his residence today.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that for the tribal brothers and sisters of Madhya Pradesh, for the first time a serious effort has been made to implement the rules of PESA with full force. These rules are applicable in 11 thousand 757 villages of 5 thousand 254 panchayats of 89 development blocks of 20 districts of the state. Gram sabhas of these villages will be held between 20 November and 3 December.
In these special gram sabhas, detailed information will be given along with discussion on the points of PESA rules. Similarly, gram sabhas will pass thanks giving resolution for implementation of PESA rule and will also discuss participation in programs of Tantya Mama Sacrifice Day on 4th December. Collectors will decide the date of Gram Sabha in consultation with the ministers in charge.
Chouhan said that a new history is being created. Government should not run from Bhopal but from Chaupal, for this work should be done from the point of view of decentralization. Necessary publicity about PESA rules should also be done through street plays, wall writing and other mediums.