The Minister for Agriculture Brijmohan Agrawal inspected a public grievances redressal camp set up at village Birkoni as part of lok Suraaj Abhiyaan in the district here on Friday. The district has 36 such centres which will work as facilitators to address the grievances of the local people. The Minister also took stock of the implementation of various Government schemes and inspected a Primary Health Centre and gathered information about medical facilities available in it.
He also gave a patient hearing to the complaints of the local residents and instructed the officials to take immediate steps to address their grievances. The villages told the Minister, they were deprived of potable water, electricity among other basic amenities for a decent life. On the occasion, Agrawal sanctioned Rs2 lakh for construction of a boundary wall for Birkoni School and Rs5 lakh for concreting a road.
He also issued instructions to connect villages with Nal Jal Yojana within a week in the district. The Minister also said the Government had already prepared a plan to provide potable water in 10 villages in the district at cost of Rs4 crore which would be completed in two years. According to him, an amount of Rs54,000 was sanctioned for electrification of village Birkoni. Prominent among who present on the occasion included Mahasamund MlA Dr Vimal Chopra, former State minister Poonam Chandrakar, District Panchayat President Anita Patel, District Collector Umesh Agrawal and other dignitaries.