Bilaspur Divisional commissioner Sonmoni Borah visited the elephant menace-hit village of Bundeli in Korba district and met the affected family members. During the visit, the commissioner took note of the schemes and programmes launched by the State Government. He met the family members of late Jageshwar Singh who committed suicide over alleged delay in payment of compensation.
On the occasion, the commissioner directed the district education officer and the assistant commissioner of Tribal Welfare Department to make necessary arrangements for the education of the two children of the deceased Jageshwar and also to make arrangement required for vocational training for his younger brother.
Borah instructed the officials to inform the family members about the facilities at Eklavya residential school and if they agreed, admission should be given to the children in the Eklavya Vidyalaya.
He urged the villagers that if anyone has any information about the suicide of Jageshwar Singh Kanwar, they could inform in written or verbal at the office of the commissioner, Satandevi Jangde deputy commissioner, the collector’s office Korba or before Heena Animesh Netam, additional commissioner by August 31 from 11 am to 4 pm.
He gathered information about the movement of wild elephants, loss incurred to their crops by elephants, availability of electricity, condition of crops etc from the Sarpanch and Panchs.
The Commissioner was informed that the village doesn’t have girls’ high school, on which he assured that soon a school would be constructed there. He also assured supply of drinking water from the overhead water tank. The problem of low voltage power supply would also be solved by installation of new transformer of higher capacity, he said.