Under lok Suraj Abhiyan, Chief Minister Raman Singh will shower gifts of 122 construction works worth nearly Rs358 crore in programmes to be organised in village latadadar of Mahasamund district and village Bagaud of Dhamtari district, on Thursday.
In the programme to be organised at village latadadar (Tehsil Pithora) of Mahasamund district, Singh will inaugurate 23 completed construction works worth nearly Rs24 crore and will do bhumipujan and lay foundation of 64 new works worth nearly Rs104 crore.
In village Bagaud (Tehsil Kurud) of Dhamtari district, Chief Minister will unveil construction works of total worth nearly Rs230 crore, which includes foundation laying of 24 new works worth nearly Rs217 crore and inauguration of 11 completed works worth Rs12 crore.
As per schedule, Chief Minister will leave Raipur on May 14 at around 11.45 am by helicopter and reach village latadadar of Mahasamund district at 12.15 pm.
After inauguration, bhumi-pujan and foundation laying of construction works, Singh will distribute goods to beneficiaries under various schemes. He will address general meeting there and after which he would leave at 2.15 pm by helicopter and reach village Bagaud of Dhamtari district around 3 pm.
In village Bagaud, he will inaugurate, perform bhumi-pujan and lay foundation of various construction works, distribute goods and incentives to beneficiaries under various schemes, and then address a public gathering there.
At 4 pm, Singh will leave village Bagaud and arrive at Raipur around 4.30 pm. The construction works to be inaugurated in village Bagaud includes Composite Building in District Headquarters Dhamtari at the cost of Rs 8.98 crore and newly-built Public Service Centre worth Rs 9 lakh.
On the occasion, he will also inaugurate government higher secondary school building in village Bhakhara, Government high school building in village Kalartarai and village Budeni and Nal-Jal scheme in village Atang and Charra.
Chief Minister will do bhumi-pujan and foundation laying of Nal-Jal Scheme worth Rs17.28 crore in tehsil Headquarters Kurud, and two high-tension power substations of capacity 400/220/132KV each worth Rs135 crore 39 lakh in two villages of Dhamtari district namely Thuha and Bangoli. Besides, he will also lay foundation of power substation of capacity 132/33KV in village Sihaad. Rs27.72 crore have been sanctioned for construction of this power substation.
In various villages of Bagaod area, Chief Minister will lay foundation of approved Nal-Jal schemes. In the programme of Bagaud, Singh will also perform bhumi-pujan of an anicut on Pairi River in village Navagaon of Magarlod block. State Government has sanctioned Rs31.25 crore for this.
In village latadadar of Mahasamund district, Chief Minister will lay foundation of 11 Nal-Jal schemes approved for various villages of Basna, Mahasamund and Saraipali block.