At a ‘Choupal’ held at Gram Panchayat Chilfi in Bodla, Member of Parliament from Rajnandgaon who is son of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, Abhishek Singh, interacted with the members of primitive tribe Baiga community and tried his best to understand the problems being faced by them.
In the Choupal, Singh gave a patient hearing to the people and assured them of solving their problems at the earliest. The members of the community informed Singh of the problems of employment opportunity, construction of CC road and availability of health, education and other basic amenities.
He promised them to construct CC roads, installation of hand-pumps, power supply at the bus stand and providing ambulance through MP quota in local health centre.
On the occasion, Singh proclaimed of connecting ten villages including Benda, Salhewvara, Dhawaipaani and loop with the mainstream of development. He said that the schemes launched in these areas would certainly lead to the overall development of the people living there. He said it would be a priority for him to work for the overall development of the people. He also promised to boost-up employment opportunities in the area.
The MP stressed on providing residential facilities to the Baigas. More than 200 villages of the district would soon be made as open defecation free (ODF), he said.
MlA Ashok Sahu, District Panchayat president Santosh Patel and DFO Alok Tiwari also addressed the gathering. Bodla Nagar Panchayat president Dr Roopnath Tiwari, Videshi Ram Dhurve and other officials were also present on the occasion.