Chief Minister Raman Singh will perform bhumi poojan and dedicate 67 construction works costing about Rs 3.35 crore at different public meetings organised at Jhalmala and Chilfi villages under Bodla development block and Virendra Nagar under Sahaspur lohara block in Kabirdham district on July 23.
In these functions he will distribute Rs 1.04 crore worth materials, including free cycles to women construction workers of unorganised sector, solar lamp to tribal families, irrigation pumps to farmers and new ration cards under the Chhattisgarh Food and Nutrition Security Act, to about 5,000 families under various beneficiary-bases schemes of the State Government.
According to the scheduled programme, CM will reach Jhalmala at 11.40 in the morning by helicopter and will attend programmes at Chilfi at 1 pm and Virendra Nagar at 3.30 pm. He will return to Raipur at 5.20 pm. In the public meeting at Jhalmala, Raman will lay foundation stones of sub-health centre waiting hall, construction of RCC culvert between Padripani and Boldakala and construction of RCC culvert between Jogigufa nallah and Karmandi road.
He will distribute materials worth Rs 37.33 lakh, including umbrella, raincot, solar lantern, mosquito net etc to 1949 beneficiaries. Similarly, he will give away diesel or electric pump, cycles, sewing machine, coolie kits and uniform to anganbadi children. In Chilfi, Dr Singh will distribute materials worth Rs 37.14 lakh, including umbrella, raincot, solar lantern, mosquito net, diesel or electric pump, cycles, sewing machine, coolie kits and free uniform to anganbadi children, to 1926 beneficiaries. In Virendra Nagar CM will dedicate 27 works costing Rs 95.91 lakh and lay foundation stone of two works worth Rs 10 lakh.