Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, during his Statewide Vikas Yatra, said that the State Government, for the progress and prosperity of the farmers of Chhattisgarh, has been giving top priority to irrigation facilities too.
Through irrigation anicuts and small irrigation schemes, irrigated areas have been increased in all the districts, he added.
While addressing a huge public meeting at lundra block headquarters in Surguja district, the Chief Minister said that with the efforts of the State Government, irrigation capacity in lundra area had registered ten times increased during the last 10 years.
The Chief Minister dedicated and laid foundation stones for 28 different works costing `10.38 crore in lundra. In the public meeting, the Chief Minister distributed materials worth `44 lakh to about 6,000 beneficiaries under various schemes of the State Government.
Home minister and district in-charge Nankiram Kanwar, industries minister Rajesh Munat, MP Murarilal Singh, parliamentary secretary Siddhnath Paikara and prominent citizens of the area were present at the programme.
While addressing the function, the chief minister encouraged the farmers to increase the sugarcane crop area, along with that of paddy. The capacity of the Sugar Factory would be increased in accordance to the increase in the areas of sugarcane cultivation, he added.
The Chief Minister said that the village, the poor and the farmers were the priorities of the State Government. No place of the State has been spared where the rays of development have not reached,
he said. He said that to promote education engineering college, university and agriculture college have been established in Surguja and for medical college sanction has been received for `5 crore.
The Chief Minister said that electricity would be reach each house and for that `20,000 crore would be spend. 7,500 unit electricity is being given to the farmers for irrigation pumps, besides providing grant for purchase of agriculture implements.
He said that livelihood college has been established in Surguja, where free training would imparted to the youth in 100 different trades. Employment opportunity would be made available for the youths of the area.