Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday inaugurated as well as performed bhoomi pujan of 49 development works worth nearly `141.66 crore in district headquarters Sukma in Bastar division.
These include newly-built 'Gyanoday Shiksha Parisar' for providing better education to children of insurgency-infested areas which was also inaugurated at hands of the Chief Minister.
Selected children of these areas will be given four months of accommodation facility in this campus, during which they will be motivated to take interest in education, and thereafter they will be sent to other schools. Chief Minister met these children and wished them a bright future.
During his Sukma visit, Singh inaugurated Tamarind Processing Centre, where surrendered naxalites will be provided self-employment opportunity. This Processing Centre will also create employment for self-help groups (SHGs). livelihood College of Sukma has been appointed as nodal agency for training works in Tamarind Processing Centre.
Singh also inaugurated Science Park and a Science Centre in Sukma, where various science models have been put on display over an area of around two acres.