CM clears `48l for 14 works

Chief Minister Raman Singh approved nearly `48 lakh for 14 various construction works on request of delegations and Panchayat representatives during his Jandarshan programme organised at his residence here on Thursday.The amount will be dispatched from the funds of Scheduled Caste Development Authority, Surguja, Bastar South Area Tribal Development Authority and Rural and Other Backward Area Development Authority.The Jandarshan programme saw nearly 1250 people from various districts of the State including Raipur meeting the Chief Minister. 

As many as 57 delegations including 464 persons and around 785 individual applicants conveyed their grievances and demands.On the occasion, the Chief Minister also gave approval for upgrading Government High School (established in year 2007) in village Sankra of Chhura block Gariaband district into Higher Secondary School on request of the delegation led by Sarpanch Chhateshwari Dhruv.Singh forwarded their memorandum to School Education and Tribal Development Minister Kedar Kashyap and directed to take necessary action in the context.

Singh took the complaint about irregularities in distribution of ready-to-eat nutritious supplement meal for children and pregnant women in Aanganbadi centres of Gadfuljhar sector (Basna block) into serious consideration.A delegation of villagers, under the leadership of Janmjay Sahu,  Chairman of Women and Child Development Committee of Basna Janpad Panchayat, handed over memorandum to Chief Minister and stated that in Aanganbadi centres of Gadfuljhar sector, women self-help groups have been entrusted with the responsibility to distribute nutritious supplement meal but these groups are not supplying 'ready-to-eat nutritious supplement meals regularly.

They complained that during the last 10 months, concerned self-help groups have distributed ready-to-eat food for hardly five to six times.In this context, Chief Minister instructed Mahasamund Collector to immediately probe the matter and ensure regular distribution of nutritious supplement meals.A delegation of farmers from village Dundera (block Dongargarh) of Rajnandgaon district also met Singh and handed over memorandum along with recommendation of MlA Dileshwar Sahu, and requested for electrification of irretrievable irrigation pumps of 12 farmers.

The Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company ltd (CSPDCl) has issued demand note of Rs 82,697 to electrify irrigation pumps of each farmer. In response to the memorandum handed over by farmers of village Dundera, Singh has sanctioned Rs 9.92 lakh.The Chief Minister told the farmers that the sanctioned amount for electrification of irretrievable irrigation pumps will be dispatched from Chhattisgarh State Rural and Other Backward Area Development Authority's fund.Singh said that ensuring water-supply to farmers for irrigation is on the priority list of the State Government.He said that the State Government is committed to provide every possible facility for irrigation.

During the Jandarshan programme, the delegation of Banjara (Nayak) Samaj from Kaudiya enclave (Mahasamund district) handed over memorandum to Chief Minister and requested that on the lines of Madhya Pradesh State and for welfare of the community, Banjara (Nayak) should be recognized as nomadic and semi-nomadic tribe.The Chief Minister has instructed Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Department Secretary to examine their memorandum soon.