Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday approved five development works worth Rs467 crore will be taken up soon at Tehsil headquarters Sarangarh and in the district. He was addressing a mammoth public meeting at Sarangarh.
The package includes laying and development of three main roads worth Rs450.65 crore, along with two other projects dedicated to the development of Baramkela-Bade Nawapara road laid at a cost of Rs11.40 crore and Sarangarh-Ulkar-Kosir road laid at a cost of Rs5.81 crore.
Singh also performed the foundation stone laying and bhoomipujan of the projects. About Rs328 crore will be spent on upgradation and widening of Raigarh-Sarangarh-Saraipali National Highway No-216.
An amount of Rs119 crore will be spent on the upgradation of Shivrinarayan-Birra-Champa road and Rs3.61 crore will be spent on Gauravpath at Sarangarh.
Singh said that the network of roads is basic for the rapid progress of village, city, state and the country. The State Government has given top priority to laying of road network. There was a rapid expansion of roads during the past 12 years, he said.
The roads will be developed in future also with the cooperation of the citizens. It is the responsibility of the State to reach to the last remote village and to achieve the goal as rapid development of roads is crucial, the CM stated.
He gave a detailed description of various social welfare measures being undertaken by the State Government.
Singh also called upon the citizens to actively participate in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachchh Bharat campaign.
He appealed to the gathering to take advantage of Prime Minister’s Jan-Dhan Yojana, Prime Minister’s Suraksha Beema Yojana and Prime Minister’s Jeevan Jyoti Yojana. The development works will be speeded-up at Sarangarh and Raigarh in future.
During the function, the CM also distributed cheques to children of Tendupatta collectors and also distributed Rs20 lakh worth items and cheques to the beneficiaries of various social welfare programmes of the Chhattisgarh Government.
Urban Administration and Commerce and Industry Minister Amar Agrawal, Parliamentary Secretary Roopkumari Chowdhary, MlAs Roshanlal Agrawal, Kerabhai Manhar, Suniti Raatia and Zilla Panchayat Chairman A Purushottam Agrawal were present.