Dedicating a college building at Kharora in Raipur district on Tuesday, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said it is only through education that a person grows. And along with him, the family and society are also strengthened.
With the new college, children in the area need not to go elsewhere for higher education, Baghel said.
Unveiling the statue of Dau Ramprasad Dewangan, Baghel said Dewangan gave away four acres of land for a school building. He awakened the children to get educated. The new college has been named after him.
The Chief Minister spoke on various public oriented welfare schemes of his government and steps undertaken to conserve the traditional culture of the state.
He announced construction of the Moherenga-Kathia and Kodwa-Marhi road and renamed the Government Higher Secondary School at Kanaki after Shaheed Yugal Kishore Verma and the Government High School at Mohrega after Mandal Das Gilhare.
The Chief Minister announced the construction of a Swami Atmanand English School in Kharora. The school will begin from the next academic session.
Ishwari Dewangan, son of Ramprasad Dewangan, announced the construction of a well-equipped auditorium in the college premises at his own expense on behalf of the family.
The two-floor new college has a capacity for 400 students. Earlier, students seeking higher education would go to Raipur or Palari or Bilaspur.