Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday took a serious view of jewellery theft from the locker of a branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) in the city. A resident of Avanti Vihar, Mamata Chowdaha, in a written complaint to the Chief Minister said that she lost her gold jewellery in the city. Singh ordered the Director General of Police (DGP) to solve the theft case as soon as possible during the Jandharshan programme held at his residence on Thursday.
He assured the victim that her case will be solved soon and the culprits will be brought to book. Mamata in her complaint said that she has a locker at the State Bank of India located at M.G.Road branch. She operated the locker on September 17, 2014 and found the jewellery safe. Mamata was informed on October 20 that the gold jewellery in her locker was missing. The CCTV in front of the strong room was defective on that day.
She filed a complaint with the police . FIR was lodged on November 9, 2014. She requested the Chief Minister to redress her grievance as early as possible. Citizens from various parts of the State thronged the ‘Jan Darshan’ programme. Tara Rai, a resident of Chingarajpara in Bilaspur district, came with a request for a house at Atal Awaaz Yojana which was immediately sanctioned by the Chief Minister.
The applicant mentioned that she was a destitute poor woman. Her seven-year-old son is mentally retarded and cannot speak, walk and sit. She works as a Part-timer in a private factory and is unable to make the ends meet with her meager earnings. She requested for a house in Atal Awaaz Yojana. Singh ordered the Bilaspur District Collector to allot a house to her.
President of Jashpur District Water Consumers’ Association Umesh Chandra Mahato requested the Chief Minister for sanctioning a culvert on rivulet Eeb. The culvert is a part of an Irrigation Project. Singh ordered the District Collector to act upon the plaint immediately.
Khageshwar Prasad Sonwani, a resident of village Raikona, Tehsil Bhilaigarh, district Balodabazaar-Bhatapara, in his complaint said that he had gone for Inter-caste marriage in May 2014. The incentives given by State Tribal and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes’ Development Department to promote Inter-caste marriages was not sanctioned to him till now.
The Chief Minister directed the District Collector to settle the matter soon. A delegation headed by Shyama Prasad Chakraborthy from Mana Nagar Panchayat in a complaint mentioned that the liquor shop located at Mana Camp should be shifted. There is a primary school, Higher School and Pushp Vatika around.
The Collector was ordered to look into the matter. Another delegation from village Arjunda in district Durg urged the Chief Minister to order closure of Arrack shop there. Soni Sori, a resident of Dhamtari, mentioned in her complaint that she belongs to Bansod community and makes a living out of bamboo baskets. She is not getting enough bamboo stock from the Forest Department despite possessing a license.
Singh directed the Collector to redress the grievance. There were a lot of requests for medical help, house construction etc. A women’s delegation from village Bhurkoni, Dharseeva Development Block, requested the Chief Minister to provide loans for houses under Indira Awaas Yojana and get toilets constructed in the houses.
Singh directed the complaints to the concerned officers for immediate action. Sarpanch Kusum of Village Panchayat Kudhri, Sarangarh Development Block in district Raigarh, in her complaint requested the Chief Minister to sanction funds for the construction of steps at the village water tank. Singh directed the complaint to the Scheduled Castes Development Authority.