Chief Minister Raman Singh has written letters to all the District Collectors regarding the close co-ordination of various departments during the upcoming ‘lok Suraaj’ mission.
It may be mentioned here that the mission will last for one month while beginning from April 25 in the entire State, officials stated.
Singh will make surprise visits to any village and town and observe the implementation of various State Government social welfare schemes.
State Ministers, Chief Secretary and Secretaries of various State departments will accompany the teams visiting towns and villages. Ministers will also attend the review meetings.
The Chief Minister while visiting a district will review the progress of various developmental projects in the adjacent districts also. local MPs, Parliamentary Secretaries and MlAs should also be invited to the meetings of even Ministers.
He will meet prominent citizens, representatives of various organisations and students during the nights.
The Chief Minister in his letter said that the main aim of the State Government to observe that the benefits of social welfare schemes reach the real beneficiaries. The administration should be responsive and answerable to the needs of the masses. Infrastructure projects will be examined and reviewed in the meetings of top district officers.
He stressed upon the need for masses’ co-operation and participation in conserving and harvesting of scarce water resources. Water harvesting should be carried on in all the habitats.
Notably, the Chief Minister on May 16 last year had stated during his visit to Gariaband district that there is no shortage of funds for development of new and backward districts of the State.
‘The State Government is providing free education to daughters of poor families in the State. They can now avail free higher education in Medical and Engineering colleges, he had stated in his address at a massive public gathering at Deobhog Tehsil headquarters in Gariaband district on the last day of state-level lok Suraaj Abhiyan in the State.
The Chief Minister had stated that successful implementation of State Government’s policies and schemes have opened new doors of development in far-flung and backward areas, situated near State’s borders.
Singh in April last year had visited all the seven insurgency infested districts of Bastar Revenue Division under the month-long lok Suraaj Campaign, officials stated.
The insurgency infested districts of the State have been the prime focus of Chief Minister’s tours last year, they stated.
In the first fortnight of the campaign, the Chief Minister had visited left Wing Extremism (lWE) affected areas of the State and boosted confidence of people in the districts while giving message of State Government’s commitment for peaceful development of rural pockets.
This mega event of State-level lok Suraaj Abhiyan had commenced on birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar- the chief architect of Indian Constitution, i.e. on April 14, 2015 and it concluded on May 13, 2015.
The Chief Minister had initiated his journey under lok Suraaj Abhiyan from Naxal affected districts- Narayanpur and Bijapur.
On the first day of the campaign, he had held a Chaupal in Chhote Dongar — a remote village of Abujhmad in Narayanpur district and in village Manjhiguda of Bijapur district.
He had also visited three Naxal-affected districts namely North Bastar (Kanker), Bastar (Jagdalpur), and Kondagaon.