Chhattisgarh is moving towards fast development under the leadership of chief minister Dr Raman Singh, said home, jail and cooperatives minister Nankiram Kanwar. While addressing a programme organized at Deepka municipality on Friday, the minister said that the state government was working in the interest of the poor, farmers and labourers.
Kanwar dedicated the employees’ residential quarters and Annapurna community building constructed by the municipality with a cost of Rs 40 lakh. He also gave away free sewing machines and cycles to the women workers of the unorganized sector.
The minister said that all round development has been done in the state because of the welfare schemes launched by the state government during the last nine years. While mentioning that the poor has benefited from the state government’s scheme for providing the rice at Re 1, Kanwar said, by implementing the Food Security Act in Chhattisgarh at first, the government has removed the worry of the poor.
Addressing the programme municipal chairman Manoj Sharma said that the state government has given much contribution for the development of Deepka area. In the coming days, petrol pump and city bus service would be started in the area, he added.
Former Assembly deputy speaker Banwarilal Agrawal said the government was committed for the coordinated development of all sections.
Kanwar distributed 1578 new ration cards, 46 sewing machines and 13 cycles to the beneficiaries.