Tourism and Culture Minister Ajay Chandrakar on Wednesday inaugurated the “Hunar Se Rozgar Tak” scheme of the Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) in the city.The Minister inaugurated the first training session under the scheme at the lions Club meeting hall at Jal Vihar colony in the city. In the first phase of the scheme, 500 youths of the State will be imparted driving skills training in different sessions. Each session will have 50 youths.
Addressing the inaugural function, Chandrakar said that youths have unlimited possibilities for job in the tourism sector of Chhattisgarh. “There is no dearth of skill in our youths, if they resolve, there would not be any joblessness in their life.”
He said that every work has its own importance and no work is small or big. In order to provide job opportunity to the youths at local level and for their better future, driving skill training is being given to them under the scheme, so that the visitors of the State could get services of skilled drivers. A scheme is in the pipeline to impart training to the youths as tourist guides.
The State government has launched the scheme with the assistance of the Central government. Secretary Tourism and Culture RC Sinha, Managing Director of Chhattisgarh Tourism Board Santosh Kumar Misra, officers of the Tourism department, Anil Agrawal of Sky Maruti Driving Centre and trainees were present at the function.