Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday said that the State Government has accorded top priority to ensuring food and health security for a better quality of life for the general public in the State.
On the occasion , the Chief Minister also approved a sum of `15 lakh for setting up a high school at Sitagaon in the next academic session and construction of a community building in the naxal affected Aundhi village in Manpur region of Rajnandgaon district.
Addressing a massive public gathering at Aundhi village on his visit today , Singh said that the Government is committed towards socio-economic development of the needy people and the general public.
The Chief Minister, on the occasion also conducted bhoomi pujan and inaugurated development works undertaken at a cost of an estimated `40 lakh.
Singh also distributed bicycles to 109 girl students studying in a high school in the region besides giving away forest rights certificates to 209 forest dwellers.
He said that a sum of `20 lakh would be approved for constructing a ‘Gaurav Path’ at Aundhi village.
‘‘Chhattisgarh is the only state which had brought about a 'Food Security law' for enabling access of cheap foodgrains to 42 lakh poor families in the State’, the Chief Minister said. On the occasion, Singh also unveiled a statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar while also declaring that the Government High School be named after Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar at Aundhi.
later the people of Aundhi village weighed the Chief Minister against ‘laddus’ prepared as a mark of felicitation.
This is apart from guaranteeing health insurance for all the 56 lakh families across the State without making any discrimination between the rich and the poor of the State, Singh said.
He said that all the families are being distributed smart cards which would allow them to receive free medical treatment upto the cost Rs 30,000 annually under Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme for which a massive drive would be taken up during the next four months.
Singh said that the camps would be held between April 10 to April 30 for issuance of new ration cards and again from May 1 to May 31 for issuance of the new ration cards under Chhattisgarh Food Security Act 2012.
He said that the State government’s duty does not get over with just constructing roads, bridges and school building. ‘Bringing about a fundamental change in the life of the general public is the Government’s aim and duty.
The Chief Minister said that there is a provision of offering 100 days of work in a year under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The State government on its part had decided to offer 50 days of additional work to the workers under the scheme.
On the issue of offering the status of a development block to Aundhi village, the Chief Minister stated that the State government has formed a Commission for re-organisation of development blocks in the entire State.
The Commission had invited suggestions on the re-organisation of development blocks from citizens and the general public, he said.
The public gathering was attended today by lok Sabha MP Madhusudan Yadav, local MlA Shivraj Singh Usare, former MlA Sanjeev Shah besides other public representatives.