Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday made a surprise visit to Farfoud village coming under Raipur district’s Arang block as a part of State-wide lok Suraj Abhiyan.
During his visit , the Chief Minister held a ‘Choupal’ in a school campus. Following the requests of villagers, Singh announced to sanction building for Primary Health Centre, Model Panchayat and Primary School.
Meanwhile, he sanctioned Rs 40 lakh for construction of building for Model Panchayat and also expressed happiness over knowing that Farfoud Panchayat received a national award in 2015 for its remarkable work done under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).
The Chief Minister also sanctioned Rs 25 lakh for construction of cement concrete road in Farfoud Panchayat and Rs 50 lakh for modernisation of pond (Naya Talab) spreading in around 30 acre. Besides, he also announced to develop garden and recreational facility for children near the pond.
On the occasion, Singh was accompanied by Speaker of Chhattisgarh Assembly Gaurishankar Agrawal, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and Joint Secretary to Chief Minister Rajat Kumar.
After being informed about Chief Minister’s Choupal in Farfoud village, Raipur District Collector OP Choudhary reached the village, where he was directed by Singh to take concrete steps for resolving water related problem of the village.
Responding to the appeal of Chief Minister, villagers took oath of making the village Open Defecation Free (ODF).
In order to evaluate the standard of education in the village school, Singh took minor test of children. Moreover, he also took stock of Public Distribution System (PDS), functioning of schools and Aanganbadi centers and works as well as payment made to labourers under MNREGA.