The State Government will establish a ‘Tribal Museum’ at Tuta village in Naya Raipur. The Government has drawn up a Rs 35 crore plan to establish the museum, official sources informed.
It was learnt that earlier the proposal was to establish this ‘Tribal Museum’ near the Tribal Research Institute, but later was decided to establish the museum at ‘Purkhaiti Muktangan’ located at Tuta village. About 10 acres land has been allocated for it.
The estimated expenditure of this museum will be about Rs 35 crore. It was said that half of this amount could be made available by the Central Government. According to sources, the Central Government not yet released the fund related to Tribal Sub Plan Head for the year 2013-14 to the State. The State Government is also said to have prepared a proposal to construct a 500-seater hostel in each development block of the State.