At the Vikas Yatra functions organised at village Girari of Korba development block and village Rampur of Karthala development block, home, jail and cooperatives minister Nankiram Kanwar dedicated development works worth Rs 1.26 crore. Kanwar, who was the chief guest of the function,
has also distributed smart health cards to the beneficiaries, permanent caste certificates to school students, 74 sprayers, fertilisers and seeds to 100 farmers, farm equipment, maize seed, 10 diesel pumps through agriculture department, cycles and sewing machines to health workers, grant of Rs 9,57,720 to 24 farmers for digging of tube wells under the Rashtriya Bagwani Mission Yojana of Horticulture department, free hybrid vegetable seed kit to 100 farmers under the national agriculture development scheme and forest rights patta-Khasra 1through revenue department. Addressing the villagers at both the functions, the minister said that development of the state has been going on at a rapid phase under the leadership of CM Dr Raman Singh. The Chhattisgarh Government has, keeping in mind people of all classes in the State, made welfare schemes.
The Government has given an opportunity of development to the BPl families by giving them foodgrain at the lowest price. After getting foodgrain at lower prices, these villagers could save money and make their families rich, the minister said.
The home minister, while talking about the better development of villages with construction of roads and concretisation works, said that once it was very difficult task to reach these villages and now concrete roads have been constructed. The development of the district has been going on fast, he added.
The minister, while mentioning the welfare works being carried out by the state government in the direction of personal development along with social development, has appealed to the villagers to take benefits of these welfare works.
Kanwar distributed 24 cycles, nine sewing machines at Girari and 10 cycles and 11 sewing machines at Rampur village to the unorganised women workers.
At the function at Girari, Korba Janpad president Shaniro Bai, vice president Rajendra Pandey, Janpad member Razzak Khan, Samlobai Kanwar, sarpanch Samaylal, Janpad CEO Manoj Shrivastava and at Rampur function Janpad president Rajendra Rathiya, vice president Manoj Jha, Janpad member Mayawati Rathiya, SDM GR Rathore, CMHO Dr PR Kumbhkar, people’s representatives, officers of various departments and large number of villagers were present.