Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday said that the State Government will provide quality education to the schoolchildren of Bastar and Surguja by recruiting maths, science and English teachers from Chhattisgarh and outside the State.
The teachers will be recruited for one year on a fixed honorarium. He was speaking at the Police line Helipad here after his return from the first day 'lok Suraj' campaign at the insurgency infested Narayanpur and Bijapur districts.
Singh said that the citizens of village Chotedongar in Narayanpur district and village Manjiguda of Eetpal Gram Panchayat in Bijapur district complained that there were no teachers for some subjects in the schools. The authorities have decided to recruit teachers soon and appoint them there.
The Chief Minister said that citizens have requested for proper connectivity for their mobiles in the far-flung regions. He said that he will talk to Union Telecom Minister Ravishankar Prasad and urge him to install BSNl towers as early as possible.
The Chief Minister said that there is a lot of awareness regarding the social welfare schemes of the State and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Clean India campaign. The villagers are unanimous in making the rural areas free of open toilets in a year's time. People from five gram panchayats congregated in one village for the 'lok Suraj' campaign. The citizens expressed their views regarding lack of some basic facilities.
Singh said orders have been issued to the people's representatives and officers to hasten the developmental works in Bijapur. Sanction was granted to lay roads at 19 places.
He said that construction of 33 kv capacity sub-stations, two solar pumps for drinking water distribution, mini-stadium at Chotedongar, solar street lights, construction of culverts and community halls were sanctioned.
The Chief Minister also spoke to Central Reserve Police Force personnel at Chotedongar camp and had lunch with them. Singh sanctioned community hall, cement concrete roads, installation of transformer, mini-stadium, Government school building.
The Chief Minister during his tour visited livelihood college where training in four trades is imparted. The citizens lauded the various development schemes implemented in the villages.