Chhattisgarh's Olympic Games will start from the Hareli Festival in the current year, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced on Wednesday.
He was speaking at a public interaction at Bhatgaon in Dhamtari assembly constituency, an official communication said.
He also inaugurated and performed Bhumi Pujan of 154 development works worth Rs 137 crores.
Baghel said the Mahatma Gandhi Horticulture University will open in Patan on May 21, the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The instalments for the Nyay schemes will also be released to the beneficiaries.
During interaction, Terina Sahu of Bhatgaon said their self-help group was active in many livelihood-related activities. The total earning of the 10-member group was Rs 6 lakh through organic pesticides and poultry farming. Now the group plans to diversify to goat rearing also.
Tokeshwari Gajendra thanked the Chief Minister for opening vacancies in ITI as it would help to get a job. The beneficiaries of the Chief Minister Haat Bazar Health Clinic Scheme said that they were deriving benefits from the scheme.
The Chief Minister inaugurated a Swami Atmanand English Medium School in Amdi. He pledged to open sub-health centres in village Tumrabhar and Devpur and to open a District Co-operative Bank in village Mongaragahan.
A student of Swami Atmanand School, Priyanshi said she wants to be Personal Assistant to the Chief Minister. Baghel told her to continue her studies and join the government service.