Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday announced that transistors will be provided to all the tribal families in the Naxalites-affected extremely backward Abhujmarh region of Narayanpur district within one year.
Abhujmarh is one of the worst poverty-hit regions of the country where tribal people are mired in hunger and backwardness for generations. The people of this region is deprived of all basic civic amenities and there is hardly any road or school in the area.
Singh said that people of Abhujmarh will use transistors for entertainment and even they will get updates from transistors regarding the State Government’s welfare schemes and other developmental activities.
“The families can listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Man Ki Baat’ and also ‘Raman Ke Goth’ through the transistors, the Chief Minister said while speaking at a public meeting at district headquarters town Narayanpur after dedicating and performing ‘Bhoomipujan’ of 85 developmental works worth Rs107 crore.
Earlier Singh also dedicated and laid foundation stones of 23 developmental works worth Rs28.78 crore at development block Bastanar in Bastar district. He also addressed Panchs-Sarpanchs' Sammelan. He also gave away relief materials and cheques to beneficiaries selected under various State welfare schemes.
Singh also said at Narayapur public meeting that blankets will be distributed to all Adivasis' families free of cost soon. He blessed 201 newly-married couples. The marriage was solemnized under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivaah Yojana (Chief Minister Girl Marriage Yojana). He mentioned that there is a proposal to open Navodaya Vidyalaya at Narayanpur and he will speak to Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani on this issue. Apart from this, he will speak to Union Telecom Minister Ravishankar Prasad regarding to boost mobile connectivity in the area.
Singh also said that solar energy powered lights will be provided at 27 panchayats in Orchcha developmental blocks and sanctioned solar energy-based irrigation pumps. He also sanctioned Rs1 crore for bridge construction at Kohakameta.
Singh also recalled that Narayanpur district was carved out in the year 2007. There is a quantum jump in the rapid development of the entire district. There is a move to make the district an educational centre like Dantewada district. All facilities are being provided to the students in the backward regions of Chhattisgarh. School students need not worry about education as it is the duty of State Government to take care of their education. Every effort will be made to make the future of students bright.
School Education and Tribal Development Minister Kedar Kashyap and a lot of people's representatives were also present at the public meeting. At Bastanar (Bade Kilepal) programme, Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda, Women and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu and MP Dinesh Kahsyap were present.