Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), a total of six new lokpals have been appointed in Chhattisgarh. These lokpals will ensure effective redressal of grievances related to MNREGA within the given time-limit, officials stated. Panchayat and Rural Development Department Officials here said that three out of the six new lokpals have been jointly posted for Koriya and Surajpur, Dhamtari and Gariaband and Bastar and Kondagaon districts. For Jashpur, Korba and Janjgir-Champa district, separate lokpals have been appointed. Including the newly-appointed lokpals, the State has total of 15 lokpals for 17 regional jurisdictions of its 27 districts.
For remaining two districts namely Raipur and Balrampur-Ramanujganj, fresh applications for appointment of lokpal have been invited. Service period of Anand Wargis, lokpal posted in Rajnandgaon district, has been extended by one year. Officers told that regional jurisdictions for all the lokpals have been finalised. lokpal of Kanker district will have Kanker and Narayanpur districts under its jurisdication, lokpal of Bilaspur district will have Bilaspur and Mungeli district in its jurisdiction, lokpal of Kabeerdham district will have 'Kabeerdham and Bemetara' under its jurisdiction, lokpal of Durg district will have Durg and Balod districts under its jurisdiction, lokpal of Dantewada district will have Dantewada, Bijapur and Sukma districts under its jurisdiction, lokpal of Bastar district will have Bastar and Kondagaon, lokpal of Dhamtari will have Dhamtari and Gariaband districts, lokpal of Raipur district will have Raipur and Balodabazar-Bhatapara district under its jurisdiction. For remaining districts namely Sarguja, Raigarh, Mahasamund, Korba, Janjgir-Champa, Rajnandgaon, Jashpur and Balrampur-Ramanujganj, lokpals have only the respective districts under their jurisdictions.
These lokpals will government various activities and redress various issues and complaints under MGNREGS.