Shops will be allocated to 600 tribal youths under the Bastar and the Surguja tribal development authorities as a part of Amar Shaheed Veer Narayansingh Swavalamban Yojana, during the current financial year.
While reviewing the works of both- Bastar Development Authority as well Surguja Development Authority–in separate meetings held here, Chief Minister Raman Singh has immediately sanctioned Rs 9 crore for allotting shops to the tribal youths. A target of 300 shops has been set for each authority.
After discussing with the people’s representatives of Surguja Development Authority, the Chief Minister declared compensation from the Campa Fund of forest department to the families, whose crops and houses were destroyed by wild elephants in the districts.
He asked the officers to prepare action plan for it. In the meeting, the Authority members said that both the authorities have received Rs 35 crore each budget for the current financial year. The Chief Minister asked the members to prepare and submit proposal for further construction works immediately.
The Chief Minister instructed the collectors to complete all under construction works by December. He told the members that Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh would be given to the power company for the electrification of irretrievable irrigation pumps of farmers. The amount will be in addition to the Rs 75,000 being given by the power companies to the farmers.
In the meeting, Rs 5.53 crore has immediately been sanctioned for power connection to irretrievable irrigation pumps of total 785 farmers of both the authorities.
In the meeting of Bastar Development Authority, the chief minister instructed the public sector major, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), to comply with the model rehabilitation policy of the Chhattisgarh government seriously for the assistance of families affected by NMDC’s project in Nagarnar under Bastar district.
The chief minister expressed displeasure against the NMDC management over the complaints of people’s representatives that the Nagarnar Plant management has been appointing about 300 security guards from outside the state.
The chief minister reviewed the construction of bypass road from village Marenga-Aadawal from the area development fund sanctioned by NMDC for Jagadalpur city development and the bypass road construction from Jagadalpur to Bhejapadar.
Home Minister Ramsevak Paikra, Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste development minister Kedar Kashyap, PWD minister Rajesh Munat, Women and Child Development minister Ramshila Sahu, MlAs from Bastar and Surguja area of both the authorities besides Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, Additional Chief Secretaries- DS Mishra and Ajay Singh, attended the meeting.