Chief Minister Raman Singh will chair the meeting of the Bastar and South Region and Surguja and North Region Tribal Development Authorities on February 22 at the new Committee Room of the Chhattisgarh Assembly, officials informed.
The meeting assumes significance has NITI Aayog has recently given ‘in principle’ approval to various proposals related to roads, telecommunication, education, Ujjwala Yojana and expansion of bank branches for overall development of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar had asked various departments of the Centre to ensure speedy implementation of these suggestions and said that the Aayog will review the implementation process on a regular basis.
At a meeting held to implement Bastar Development Plan held at the NITI Aayog Office in New Delhi, senior officials led by Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Ajay Singh discussed these suggestions with NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant, other members and Secretaries of various departments of the Government of India.
State Chief Secretary Ajay Singh informed that ‘in principle’ approval has been given for construction of additional 600 km of roads in Bastar under Rashtriya Road project – 2 and Special Secretary (Home Ministry) has assured that implementation of this proposal will be done on priority.
The approval was also granted for sanctioning Rs 65 crore for expansion of telecom services and increasing connectivity in remote areas. The amount will be utilized for expansion of districts to development blocks connectivity in Bastar and expedite execution of 402 towers in the first phase and 1028 telecom towers in the second phase.
In-principle approval was given for declaration of 10 lWE-affected blocks as educationally backward blocks. Approval was given for sanction of additional hostels for girls and upgrade ‘Kasturba Gandhi girls’ schools to high schools. Assistance to ‘Vidya Mitan Yojana’ under National Mission for Secondary Education will be provided.
Singh informed that Kerosene quota of Chhattisgarh will be maintained at current levels till agencies of 26 new lPG distributors gets operational in Bastar under ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’.
In the meeting it was informed that software has been modified and those women who were minor during the SECC survey and have now become adult will also be given gas connections under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’.