The official rates of water supply for various industries, urban bodies, gram panchayats, janpad panchayats and other public services were finalised in the Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Raman Singh at the Mantralaya here on Tuesday.
Moreover, the preparations for Rajyotsav-2014 to be organised on the occasion of Chhattisgarh State Foundation Day were also reviewed in the meeting. After the meeting, the Chief Minister while talking to reporters said that as per the decisions taken by Cabinet, Rajyotsav will be a three-day event that would be organised at Naya Raipur based Pt Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Capitol Complex from November 1 to November 3.
The Cabinet have also decided to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi as chief guest of the inaugural programme of ‘Rajyotsav 2014’. In the meeting, it was decided that one rack of rice worth nearly Rs6 crores would be sent for the flood affected people of Jammu & Kashmir.
Singh said that Cabinet have also decided to request Development Block and Tehsil Reorganisation Commission to give more suggestions and recommendations for the formation of new gram pachayats and new district panchayats in the State.
It is noteworthy that with delimitation of Gram Panchayats in the State, 1249 gram panchayats have been constituted and Panchayat and Rural Development Department have also issued notification regarding formation of new Zila panchayats in nine new districts namely Sukma, Kondagaon, Balod, Bemetara, Balodabazar-Bhatapara, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Surajpur, Mungeli and Gariaband.
The Commission is expected to give more suggestions for reorganization of development blocks and tehsils, in the aforementioned context.