Residents of Bija village under Takhatpur block in the district are happy with the all-round development of the village. The villagers give its full credit to the activeness and awareness of the village Sarpanch and full cooperation of villagers.
According to a villager Chaitram Khande, works worth crores of rupees have been done in the village. The villagers get jobs in welfare oriented and MNREGA schemes. Alongwith different construction works, deepening of ponds has been done in the village besides overhead tank constructed for supply of drinking water. Roads have been constructed in the village. Talking about the development of the village, Bija village Panchayat Sarpanch Ramkumar Tandon said that many works, including four Cement Concrete (CC) roads, deepening of Kapri pond and construction of Pachri have been done in his village during the last five years. Similarly, under MGNREGA, six roads have been constructed at a total cost of Rs 50 lakh. Overhead water tank costing Rs 19 lakh, boundary wall of Middle School costing Rs 5 lakh were constructed under the Nal-Jal scheme.Besides, four Anganwadi centre buildings have been constructed in the village.
Additional rooms were constructed in the primary Girls and Boys school with the fund from ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ and construction of market shed at a cost of Rs 16 lakh is in progress. This apart, 200 toilets were constructed in the village under the MGNREGA and Cleanliness campaign. A cultural stage has been constructed in Bija High School at a cost of Rs 50,000 from basic scheme and three toilets at a cost of Rs 50,000 each at primary boys, primary girls and middle schools in Bija Village Panchayat.