In compliance to the announcement of Chief Minister Raman Singh, the process of reorganisation of development blocks is underway in full swing. In the same sequence, Development Block Reorganisation Commission is going to organise public hearing for the purpose from June 20 to June 26, Said in an official statement on Monday.
State Government has constituted Development Block Reorganisation Commission under the chairmanship of former Chief Secretary SK Mishra. Commission has collected proposals and suggestions from public representatives, common people and district administrations on formation of new development blocks and reorganisation of existing development blocks. As a next step in the process, the commission has decided to hold public hearing before submitting the recommendations to the Government.
Time and venue for the public hearings have been stated in the public notice issued by Secretary of the Commission Sl Nayak. The hearing at all the places concerned will begin from 11am. The Commission has appealed all the interested citizens, public representatives and organisations to participate in it. The public notice States that on June 20, the public hearing on proposals related to Raipur, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Gariaband and Baloda-Bazar districts will be organised at conference hall of Jila Panchayat Office, Raipur. Moreover, as per the given schedule, public hearing on proposals related to Durg, Rajnandgaon, Balod, Bemetara and Kabeerdham will be held at Collector Office Durg on June 21, public hearing on proposals related to North Bastar (Kanker), Kondagaon and Narayanpur districts will be held at Jila Panchayat Office Kanker on June 22, and public hearing on proposals related to Bastar, Bijapur, Sukma and South Bastar (Dantewada) districts will be held on June 23 at Collector Office, Jagdalpur. Similarly, public hearing on proposals related to Bilaspur, Mungeli, Janjgir-Champa, Korba and Raigarh districts will be held on June 25 at Collector Office, Bilaspur and public hearing on proposals related to Surguja, Surajpur, Balrampur, Jashpur and Korea districts will be held on June 26 at Collector Office, Ambikapur.