In weekly Jandarshan programme held on Thursday at CM House, dozens of people, panchayat representatives, villagers, farmers, labourers, and others turned up to convey their grievances and proposals to Chief Minister Raman Singh.
During the programme, a delegation of villagers from village Singabhedi of Chouki Tehsil, Rajnandgaon district complained Chief Minister about a person of their village who threatens and bullies them unnecessarily. Acting on the issue immediately, Singh instructed the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Rajnandgaon district to urgently intervene and investigate the matter.
People of labourer's colony situated near Bhilai Nagar Railway Station also handed over a memorandum to Chief Minister. The memorandum stated that more than 1,000 people resides there in the labourers' colony and in year 1997-98, the government of undivided Madhya Pradesh had also issued occupancy certificate to the families residing there under Rajiv Aashray Yojana.
Taking heed of their grievances, Chief Minister instructed Commissioner of Municipal Corporation, Bhilai to take necessary action in the case.Chief Minister assured that their 40-year-old colony will be equipped with all the basic facilities like electricity, sanitation, drinking water-supply etc, as per the rules.
Another applicant Usha Devi Shrivas, a resident of Tifra Bilaspur, told Chief Minister that her husband Heeralal Shrivas was an employee of Chhattisgarh Power Distribution Company, who passed away last year on January 7, while he was on duty. But Usha has not received the insurance claim till date. Chief Minister immediately forwarded her application to Managing Director of CSPDCl and gave instructions to redress the same with immediate effect.
During jandarshan the programme, Singh approved number of construction works in various villages, on request of the respective panchayat representatives. Chief Minister approved Rs 4 lakh for cement concrete road construction in Bilaspur district, Rs 3 lakh for roads construction and Rs 3 lakhs for construction of drains in Gram Panchayat Pachpedi of Sarangarh block in Raigarh district and Rs 3 lakh for construction of community hall in ward-11 of block headquarters Berla in Bemetara district.
Chief Minister has also given approval for road construction in village Rangmatia of Basna block in Mahasamund district. Applicant Renu Thakur, a resident of Kushalpur in capital city Raopur, told Chief Minister that Kaushal Singh-her husband was an employee of CSPDCl, who passed away on November 8, 2012.
But she has not been given provisioned appointment on compassionate grounds till date. Considering her complaint, Chief Minister instructed Secretary of Energy Department to take the necessary action as soon as possible.