Minister Hemchand Yadav, while gifting community halls to different communities of Durg city, costing Rs 33.50 lakh, has performed bhumi poojan and dedicated more than half a dozen works here on Monday.
The minister performed bhumi poojan of community hall for Sarthi, Kumbhkar, Sonkar and Satnami communities, building of Navin Mitra Mandal Kreeda evam Sanskritic Samiti, Sheetla Samiti and Indira colony, additional hall, kitchen and toilet of Manas Bhawan at Shaktinagar. He dedicated the newly constructed Satnam Mangal Bhawan at Kathulbod to the community.
Minister Hemchand also sanctioned Rs 40 crore for different roads of Durg city and Rs 1.55 crore for higher secondary building of five government schools.
At a public function, the minister said that the BJP government believed in development in accordance to the feelings of people and made total efforts to be honest towards the expectations of people.
He said that during its 57-year rule the Congress had extorted Durg politically, but did not take interest in increasing honour and register its name in the history. However, the BJP government has removed this shortcoming by making Durg division.
The minister said that none of the society or class were untouched of the schemes and policies of the Chhattisgarh government. Schemes have been launched for the uplift of farmer, labourer, poor, rich, women, aged, youth, traders and all other classes. Specially, to increase the skill of youths, the government brought a unique scheme of skill development, which was not even thought after the independence. Because of which, the talents of youths in the state have been brightened and now they have become competent and efficient for works like self-employment, he added.