Infra & Energy Mgt part of Bastar's key plan

The Bastar district is readying its annual plan for 2016-17 and also incorporating two significant aspects of development mainly — Infrastructure and Energy Management.The plan mainly focusses on seven key areas for development mainly - Education, Health, Nutrition, livelihood, Infrastructure Management, Energy Management , Citizens Rights Protection and Empowerment.

Earlier  a detailed city development plan had already been prepared for Narayanpur while keeping in mind the growth of population in the city by year 2031.

The working plan includes Narayanpur Municipal Council and four revenue villages Mahka, Sulenga, Garanji and Gadhbengal, officials said here.The plan has been prepared for 3710 acres of land which includes financial, industrial and land for public use along with land for traffic and transport.   District Collector Taman Singh Sonwani chaired a meeting in which President of Narayanpur Zila Panchayat Saraswati Gota, President Narayanpur Municipal Council Vedvati Patra, CEO Zila Panchayat Deepak Soni and others were present.

It was also decided that the proposed railway line which is passing through education hub in Garanji would be shifted. For the construction of proposed two bypass roads, it was decided that a survey would be carried out and then as per the availability of land a proposal would be made.  Joint Director City and Village Investment Zahid Ali informed that for ensuring balanced and planned development the geographical, financial, social and cultural activities have been taken in account while preparing the plan.

“The development plan includes water supply, waste water outlets, solid waste management, educational services along with development of physical infrastructure, health services and social infrastructure,” he said.He further said that after development plan is approved the permission for construction of roads, housing works etc would be provided by village Panchayats in Sulenga, Mahka, Gadhbengal and Garanji.

Moreover, even as CM Raman Singh demanded a special `30,00 crore package for overall development of Bastar from the Centre, the State had already proposed that the Centre should undertake the “Bastar Plan” for its integrated development on both economic and security fronts. 

CM has also raised the issue of reimbursement under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE) Scheme and demanded the deployment of five additional CRPF Battalions, officials informed.

This is following the visit of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who was on a two-day visit of  Chhattisgarh on May 30 and 31.Rajnath during his visit had reviewed the anti-lWE Operations and the development agenda with the Chief Minister Raman Singh and senior officials of the Central and State Government. 

The Union Minister had also directed that the installation of mobile towers by the BSNl be expedited, particularly in Sukma district.  He said that new Post Offices will be opened in the three worst affected districts of south Bastar namely Sukma, Bijapur and Dantewada.Singh also laid stress on the expeditious formulation of the Road Requirement Plan, RRP-II, in consultation with the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

The government has also released 7.070 hectares of land in Markikhuna region of North Bastar for facilitating setting up of industrial units.Significantly, NMDC ltd, India’s largest iron ore producer and exporter in public sector has commenced the process of building necessary infrastructure for its proposed 3.0 MTPA steel plant coming up at Nagarnar in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh. 

NMDC also recently commissioned its new iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh’s extreme insurgency-hit Dantewada district.The mine- Bailadila Iron Ore Deposit 11B, is located in Bailadila hills where the NMDC has already several massive high-quality iron ore mines spread out in Bacheli and Kirandul areas.  The NMDC has developed the mine having iron ore production capacity of 7 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) with an investment of more than Rs 600 crore.

With the commissioning of 11B Project Mine, NMDC has ramped up production capacity from present level of 25 MTPA to 32 MTPA from Chhattisgarh’s Bailadila Sector.