Under ongoing lok Suraaj Abhiyan, Agriculture and Water Resource Minister Brijmohan Agrawal visited three different villages of naxal-affected areas of Gariaband district via helicopter and held chaupal at Seenapali of Devbhog block, Gohrapadar of Mainpur block and village Pandripani of Gariaband block and interacted with common people.
He took note about the ground reality of government schemes and programmes. Agrawal sanctioned development works worth nearly Rs 17.41 cr for common people. This includes development works worth nearly Rs 14.97 crore for Seenapali, Rs 1.77 crore for Gohrapadar and Rs 67.50 lakh for Pandripani.
Agrawal said in his address to the public that under the leadership of Chief Minister Raman Singh, State government is reaching out to common people through month-long lok Suraaj Abhiyan for assessment of its own performance.
He further said that it is the first government of Chhattisgarh that goes among public every year under the leadership of Chief Minister Raman Singh to seek feedback from public regarding its schemes.
In village Seenapali, the minister sanctioned Rs3.75 crore for road construction from Seenapali to Gohrapadar and for facilitating drinking water in Devbhog area, Rs 30 lakh for construction of road from village Mungjhar to model school, Rs 10 crore for handpump at Anganbadi centre of village Ghoghar, CC Road construction in various villages, and development works worth Rs 92 lakh under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme.
Moreover, he also sanctioned Rs 10 lakh for fertilizer warehouse in the kisan chaupal held at village Gohrapadar, Rs 40 lakh for road construction from Gudbahal to Gohrapadar, and Rs1.5 crore for various road construction works, Rs 5 lakh for pond deepening in village Chhaildongri, Rs 6 lakh for bridge construction and Rs 11 lakh for cc road construction. In the programme, local MlA and Parliamentary Secretary Govardhan Manjhi, Zila Panchayat President Shweta Sharma, Chairman Finance Commission Chandrashekhar Sahu, Ex-MlA Damrudhar Pujari and Collector Niranjan Das were also present.
In village Seenapali situated on the border of Chhattisgarh’s Devbhog block and Odisha state, a district-level public grievance redressal camp was organized under state-wide lok Suraaj Abhiyan.
Chaupal was also held in village Gohrapadar of Mainpur block, which was attended by Agriculture and Water Resource Minister Brijmohan Agrawal. He took note of various government schemes from public and officials-employees concerned.
He distributed free paddy seeds, sprayer pumps, corn seed mini kits, agriculture equipments, residential patta, tricycle etc to farmers of these villages. In these programmes, Parliamentary Secretary Govardhan Manjhi, Rajim MlA Santosh Upadhyay, District Panchayat Gariaband President Shweta Sharma along with local public representatives and common people were also present.