Chhattisgarh is development very fast in all sectors, including education, health, electricity, agriculture and irrigation facility, under the leadership of Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, said public health and family welfare and Korea district in-charge Minister Amar Agrawal.
While laying foundation stone for Rs60.02 crore works at village Kelhari in Manendragarh development block and Kotadol in Bharatpur development block of the district, the minister said that every nook and corner of Chhattisgarh was being shined with the rays of development in accordance with the thought and idea with which the former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had created the state. The programme was chaired by parliamentary secretary Bhaiyyalal Rajwade.
Addressing the public, the minister said that Chhattisgarh is the first state in the country which accorded food security to the poor families.
In order to protect the honour of mothers and sisters in the state, ration cards would be issued in the name of woman head of the family, under the Food Security Act, Agrawal added.
He said that today in the remotest and backward areas like Kotadol and Kelhari easy access to transportation, education, health and the like basic facilities has been ensured.
The minister has performed bhumi poojan for 29 development works worth Rs23.39 crore and dedicated 25 works worth Rs3.22 crore in village Kotadol under the Bharatpur-Sonhat assembly constituency.
Similarly the in-charge minister has performed bhumi poojan for 31 development works worth Rs27.07 crore and dedicated 32 construction works worth Rs6.09 crore in village Kelhari.
Speaking at the function Parliamentary secretary Bhayyalal Rajwade said that earlier people had to face many hurdles in coming to Janakpur, but today, people of the area, not only in Janakpur, but in all the nearby villages have got much relief with the facilities like concrete road, school, anganwadi, health centres and college made available by the State Government.
MlA from Bharatpur-Sonhat Phulchand Singh, district panchayat president Champadevi, janpad president Savitri Singh, vice-president Durgashankar Mishra,
collector Avinash Champawat, Jawahar Gupta, Krishnavihari Jaiswal, Teerath Gupta, Vijaipratap Singh, Shivcharan Singh, Manoj Gupta, Ashok Singh, Pawan Pharmania and large number of panchayat office-bearers and villagers from Kotadol and Kelhari were present at the function.
The in-charge minister will give development gift to the people of the area by performing bhumi poojan for 28 works worth Rs19.13 crore.
By dedicating 10 works worth Rs4.11 crore at Dubchhola, Giddmudi, Katkona and Udhnapur under Manendragarh Assembly constituency of the district on Saturday.