Justice Hl Dattu, who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India, on Saturday visited Naya Raipur amid rain showers and heaped praise on layout, projects and infrastructures have been put in entire Naya Raipur which is the capital of Chhattisgarh.
Justice Dattu admitted that he was impressed by the construction and development works and also the water conservation and plantation related works underway in Naya Raipur.
He remarked, “Naya Raipur is actually developing as the most systematic and organised city of the country’’. He added that Chief Minister Raman Singh certainly deserves appreciation for the excellent action plan.
In his visit to various development projects of Naya Raipur, Justice Dattu was accompanied by NRDA Chairman and Additional Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh Government N Baijendra Kumar.
The CJI visited the under-construction city park in village Jhanjh Navagaon of Naya Raipur Project area, where he planted saplings. Thereafter, he visited the construction sites of rural development scheme in Kayabandha under Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA).
After having a passing look at residential colonies of Sector-27 developed by Chhattisgarh Housing Board, he then visited Shri Satya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital near Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium.
Justice Dattu took part in the working council meeting of Hidayatullah National law University in Naya Raipur. He also planted a sapling there. Meanwhile, he was also accompanied by Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur Judge Justice TP Sharma, Justice Prashant Mishra, Tamil Nadu High Court Judge SK Agnihotri, Principal Secretary of Chhattisgarh Government’s law Department AK Samant Re, Vice-Chancellor of Hidayatullah National law University Raipur Dr Sukhpal Singh and other senior government officials.
Justice Dattu who served as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court based in Bilaspur in year 2007, has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India. He will swear-in as 42nd Chief Justice of India on September 27.