Home, Jail and Cooperatives Minister Nankiram Kanwar said the fast development done in Chhattisgarh during the last 9-10 years, could not be seen anywhere else in the country.
Addressing functions organised at Kanki, Sargabundiya, Pharsawani and Patiapalli village panchayats in Karthala development block on Saturday the Minister said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Raman Singh, development has been made in all the villages in the State, roads have been constructed in all lanes of villages.
He said the sensible chief minister has sensed the feelings and pains of farmers and labourers of the state. Knowing the situation of the poor in the field of education and health, various welfare schemes have been launched, by taking benefits of them the poor could go forward, he added.
Kanwar gave away paddy bonus cheques worth Rs78.84 lakh to 293 farmers in Kanki, Rs76.25 lakh to 514 farmers in Sargabundiya, Rs79.35 lakh to 294 farmers in Pharsawani, Rs63.62 lakh to 285 farmers in Patiapalli villages. The minister has distributed cheques worth total Rs2.94 crore to 1386 farmers, at the function.
The minister has also distributed bonus and foot wears to the tendupatta collectors and ration cards to new beneficiaries under ‘Mukhyamantri Foodgrain Scheme’. The minister said that never before the people of Chhattisgarh have seen such benefits.
Kanwar welcomed the children, who have been enrolled in class I, V and IX in Kanki and Sargabundiya villages by applying 'Tilak' on their forehead and distributed free textbooks also to them.