Three blocks of Mahasamund district close to the Odisha border Bagbahara, Basana and Saraipali received sops worth more than Rs225 crore during third phase of Vikas yatra by CM Raman singh.
On second day of III pahse, while addressing a huge gathering he said -State wide Vikas yatra-2013 aims to empower the public with right to Socio-economic development.
Dr Raman Singh said that in democracy, elected Government formulates various schemes to empower the public with ‘right to development’. It is the right of public to avail various development schemes along with the basic facilities of electricity-supply, water-supply, roads, irrigation, school-college, hospital etc, while Government is just a medium to cater the public needs. Chhattisgarh Government is committed to serve the public, and has always been effortful in the direction. As a result of which, Government has won the confidence of people, which is much evident from the enthusiasm of public towards the schemes of State Government and also their overwhelming response and participation in Vikas Yatra despite the scorching heat and temperature of 45-46 degree Celsius.
In last two days of visit to Mahasamund district, CM Raman Singh inaugurated and performed bhumi-pujan of 99 construction works of total worth Rs229 crores during public gatherings organised at Mahasamund yesterday and at Baghbahara, Basna and Saraipali today. This includes inauguration and foundation laying of construction works worth Rs93.51 crores at Mahasamund yesterday, and that of 23 works of worth Rs28.13 crores at Baghbahara today.
Meanwhile, Singh performed bhumi-pujan for construction of 100 shops at estimated cost of Rs1 crore, as approved by State Government for rehabilitation of the shop-owners affected due to the main road broadening work at Baghbahara. These shops will be constructed under Mukhyamantri Swavlamban Yojana. At Block Headquarters Basna, Chief Minister inaugurated 24 completed construction works worth Rs15.80 crores and laid foundation of 5 construction works worth Rs16.98 crores. likewise in Saraipali, he inaugurated 13 completed construction works worth Rs9.16 crores and laid foundation of 17 works worth Rs65.56 crores.
Today, Dr Raman Singh inaugurated two power substations of capacity 33/11 KV at village Bundeli of Pithora block and village Narra of Baghbahara block, constructed at estimated costs of Rs1.51 crore and Rs1.47 crore respectively. He also performed bhumi-pujan of cultural building worth Rs47.52 lakh for Nagar Panchayat Baghbahara and laid foundation Higher Secondary School buildings to be constructed in four villages of the block namely Narra, Kamraud, Komakhan and Mungaser.
While addressing the public meeting at Baghbahara today, commemorated the contribution of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in formation of Chhattisgarh State and also threw light upon the drastic development of State between year 2003 and 2013 due to the various public welfare and development schemes introduced by State Government.
Appreciating the hard work of farmers in Mahasamund district, Chief Minister further said that the district has recorded steep rise in paddy production from 3.71 lakh metric tons to 7.42 lakh metric tons.
In year 2003, nearly 2.57 lakh metric tons of paddy was procured by cooperative societies in this district. By year 2012, the amount of paddy procured by cooperative societies of Mahasamund district increased to 6.86 lakh metric tons.
Moreover, the number of paddy procurement centres has increased from 81 to 119, sub-health centres have increased from 148 to 221, Aanganbadi centres from 711 to 1682 and number of zhand-pumps supply drinking water has increased from 2582 to 9935. During the programmes organised today, CM was accompanied by School Education and PWD Brijmohan Agrawal, Housing and Environment Minister Rajesh Munat and MP Chandulal Sahu along with public representatives and officials of various organisations.