Under the Chief Minister Foodgrain Scheme, home, jail and cooperatives Minister Nankiram Kanwar distributed new ration cards to the beneficiaries of village Sonpuri, Satrenga and Dhangaon in Korba development block.
The Minister also gave away paddy bonus cheques to 240 farmers of Sonpuri, Satrenga and Dhangaon areas, tendupatta bonus cheques to 1345 tendupatta collectors of Bela, Chhuia and Satrenga areas and foot-wears to 3736 tendupatta collectors of Bela, Jambahar, Satrenga and Ajgar Bahar areas.
Addressing the function, Kanwar said that the State Government had brought into effect the Chhattisgarh Food Security Guarantee Act, so that no family in the State should sleep without food and all should get foodgrain on time and at cheap rate. Now, every poor family would get rice at `1 per kg, he added.
The home Minister said that all round development of the State has been done under the leadership of Chief Minister Raman Singh.
The State Government has tried to remove backwardness from all categories of people. Village roads have been connected with main roads, opened hospitals at various places, introduced Sanjeevni Express, so that people might get immediate medical
treatment, he added.
Terming the Chief Minister Kanyadaan Scheme praiseworthy, Kanwar said poor families had to take much difficulty for the marriage of their daughters. The State Government,
understanding their problems with all seriousness, had implemented this scheme,
he added.
Janpad vice-president Rajendra Pandey, sub divisional officer GR Rathore, SDO Natwarlal Agrawal, Janpad CEO Manoj Shrivastava, BEO Sanjay Agrawal, peoples’ representatives and villagers in large number were present on the occasion.