Chhattisgarh has created a record by bagging as many as 15 national awards on Tuesday.
The State had bagged awards for outstanding implementation of schemes such as RURBAN Mission and Prime Minister (Rural) Housing Project, Prime Minister Rural Roads Project and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) at an award ceremony held in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Raman Singh expressed his happiness over the State bagging 15 national awards in the implementation of various projects relating to villages, poor and farmers.
“This is a proud moment for the State. Awards are for effective implementation of Central Government schemes relating to poor, villages and farmers in the State”, Singh said.
The Chief Minister congratulated the citizens of the State and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar, officers and employees concerned with the Department.
Union Minister for Panchayat and Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar distributed the awards in New Delhi at a function. Union Minister of State for Panchayat and Rural Development Ramkrupal Yadav was also present.
The Union Minister as a chief guest presented the awards to Additional Chief Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Department R. P. Mandal, Secretary P. C. Misra and Director Panchayat and Rural Development Institute M. K. Tyagi.
Tomar congratulated Chief Minister Raman Singh and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar and officers and employees of the Department.
The officials informed that the State Government had laid down 1700 kms of all-weather roads in hostile and inhospitable terrain during the last financial year.
The officials said that Chhattisgarh State had bagged six awards in five sectors in the Prime Minister Housing (Rural) Project. The performance of Chhattisgarh was the best in the entire country. Kondagaon district bagged the Second prize while Dhamtari district won third prize. Development block Sarangarh district Raigarh had bagged the second prize in the Development blocks category.
The officials said that Chhattisgarh State had bagged second prize in the 'Mistri Training' and first prize in the Management Information System (MIS) Aadhaar seeding.
The officials said that four lakh houses had already been built by the first week of September against a target of 7.88 lakh houses in the three years since 2016-2017.
The officials said that the State had bagged the prestigious RURBAN Mission award at the National level and the project was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 21, 2016 at village Kurrubhata divisional block Dongargarh, district Rajnandgaon. The State had bagged the first prize in the sector. Under the MGNREGA the Stage had bagged the first prize in the 'Barefoot Technicians' category and second prize in the 'Jio Tagging' sector. Village Nimora-based Thakur Pyarelal Panchayat and Rural Training Institute and Jashpur bagged the awards for excellent work on Barefoot Technicians' group.