The State Government has announced that the public hearing for re-organisation of the Tehsils in Chhattisgarh would be held from May 21-27. According to the Secretary of the Commission on restructuring of Tehsils and Blocks, Sl Nayak, the Commission has already completed public hearing for the restructuring of development blocks.
The Commission will now seek suggestions and proposals from the general public on the re-structuring of the present Tehsils and creation of new Tehsils by organising public hearing and send its recommendation to the State Government, he said.
It has requested all public representatives and citizens to participate in the public hearing. The first public hearing would be held on May 21 at the Panchayat Conference hall in Kanker, where people Kanker, Kondagaon and Narayanpur can present their views.
Similarly public hearing would be held at the Collectorate in Jagdalpur on 11 am on May 22. The people of Bastar (Jagdalpur) Bijapur, Sukma and Dantewada will participate in it. On May 23, public hearing would be held in the office of the Collector at Durg at 11 am. People of Durg, Rajnandgaon, Balod, Bemetara and Kabirdham (Kawardha) will be able to put forth their view in this hearing.
In Raipur, the public hearing would be held on May 24 at 11 am. People of Raipur, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Gariyaband, Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara would be able to participate in the public hearing. Similarly the public hearing would be held at the same time at the office of the district collectors in Bilaspur and Ambikapur on May 26 and May 27 respectively.
While people of Bilaspur, Mungeli, Janjgir-Champa, Korba and Raigarh would be able to participate in the public hearing at Bilaspur, people of Surguja, Korea, Jashpur, Surajpur, and Balarampur-Ramanujganj would be able to present their views in the public hearing at Ambikapur. The State government has appealed to the people to contact the office of their respective district collectors for further information on the matter.