Chhattisgarh has bagged the first prize for the works undertaken under Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission as announced by central government. The award would be given away on September 11 in a function scheduled at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had started the Mission to provide town like all basic amenities by retaining the village in its original form.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 21, 2016 has launched the Mission from Kurubhat, under Dongargarh block, Rajnandgaon. Chhattisgarh was felicitated by Centre as best performing state nine months before on December 8, 2017 at Bhubaneswar (Odisha).
Chief Minister Raman Singh has extended greetings to the Rurban Mission related cluster village panchayat, villagers and Panch-Sarpanch for the achievement. It is a proud moment for the State.
Panchayat and rural development department officials stated that in state 16 districts of Rajnandgaon, Dhamtari, Bastar, Kabirdham, Mahasamund, Janjgir-Champa, Koriya, Korba, Kanker, Sarguja, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Kondagaon, Jashpur, Raipur and Balrampur-Ramanujganj.
The officials said that under the Mission in all the 172 village Panchayats under 18 clusters under Swachh Bharat Mission has been declared open defecation free. The work of solid waste management has been started in 51 village panchayats of 116 village Panchayats in 10 clusters. In 10 clusters public transport facilities along with public service centres have been opened.