Chief Minister Raman Singh has given a target of planting 50 lakh saplings of different species at various part of the rapidly developing State capital – Naya Raipur – during the fast approaching Monsoon season, so that greenery could be seen in more and more areas of the city.
At the five-hour-long marathon video conference held at his residence office here on Saturday, he stresses in order to develop the state as ‘Green Chhattisgarh’, and instructed for dense sapling plantation in all the 27 districts.
The chief minister told the officers to coordinate with the officials of Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) to select the place for sapling plantation and inform forest department officers accordingly.
In the video conference, the chief minister told the collectors to prepare work plan for sapling plantation at the schools and Anganbadi centres of their respective districts. The chief minister instructed the officers to plan Munga saplings on premises of schools and Anganbadi centres, as it is a nutritious vegetable.
Raman Singh said that special campaign should be launched under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) in all district for sapling plantation.
In the state level video conference, besides collectors, superintendents of police and divisional forest officers of all the 27 districts, commissioners and inspectors general of the revenue divisions concerned were present.
Along with the chief minister, chief secretary Sunil Kumar, additional chief secretary of Panchayat and Rural Development and labour department Vivek Dhand, additional chief secretary, finance department DS Mishra, director general of police, Ramniwas, principal secretary, home department, NK Aswal, principal secretary, health, MK Raut, PS agriculture, Ajay Singh, secretary energy Aman Kumar Singh, secretary GAD Manoj Kumar Pingua, secretary food Vikas Sheel, secretary school education KR Pisda, secretary to CM Subodh Kumar Singh, director public relations OP
Choudhary and other senior officers were present at the video conference.