Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday made a surprise visit to Paiga village of Mainpat Development Block in Surguja district as part of the 'lok Suraaj' mission. The villagers were surprised to see the Chief Minister amidst them.
Singh on his arrival conducted 'choupal' in the shadows of 'saal' trees.
The Chief Minister listened patiently to the views of senior citizens, school children and teachers.
He later sanctioned 24-kilometer road connecting Paiga-Nanadmali-Parpatiya and a bridge over river Machhli. The distance between Paiga and district headquarter Ambikapur will be reduced from 75 kilometer to 40 kilometer.
Singh also sanctioned `8 lakh for laying a cement concrete road at gram panchayat Paiga. He instructed the officials to install electric poles at Paiga as soon as possible.
The Chief Minister queried the students of Paiga Middle School to narrate 17-18 mathematics table at the village choupal.
He ordered the teachers to focus on the quality of education.
Singh called upon the Paiga gram panchayat Sarpanch Devrathiya and panchs to make efforts to provide 'pucca' houses to the poor villagers under the Prime Minister Housing Project. Chief Minister instructed them to allocate domestic gas connections to the deprived sections of the society under the Prime Minster 'Ujjwala' scheme. The Tibetan refugees of Mainpaat presented an idol of lord Buddha to Singh.