Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday termed the banning of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 old currency notes by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 'historic'.
Singh also supported ‘cashless transactions’ which he said, will be useful and cost-effective .
The Chief Minister was inaugurating the newly-built Collectorate (Joint District Office) building and premise in village Karhi near Mungeli district headquarters.
This building of 118 rooms has been constructed at the cost of Rs 22.37 crore.
The Chief Minister also inaugurated the digital record room in the Collectorate during his visit to the district.
Notably, right from Collector's office to Court all the district-level offices of major departments will be operated under one roof, which will save time of people and make it convenient for them to visit district-level offices of various departments in the time of need.
Singh said that the officials and employees will work enthusiastically to serve public in this new building .
Construction of district-level Government buildings in these newly-formed states is underway in full swing. In this newly-built premises inaugurated in Mungeli, the first floor will have Collector's office and court room, offices of Additional Collector and Deputy Collectors, along with land-record branch and other branch offices of Collectorate.
Treasury and Social Welfare Department Office will also bein the first floor. The second floor will consist of offices of Women and Child Development Department, labour Department, Chhattisgarh Rural Development Agency, Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Industry Department, Food and Civil Supply Department, School Education and Tribal Caste Development Department, Planning, Statistics and Finance Department, Excise and other departments.
Offices of Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Jila Antyavsayi Sahkari Samiti, District Election Office,
Singh said that residents of Chhattisgarh are witness to the rapid development of all the 27 districts during the past 13 years. The authorities are keen on providing basic infrastructure facilities in the nine newly-created districts.
He later dedicated and performed ‘Bhoomipoojan’ of development works worth Rs 227 crore 91 lakh.
Singh dedicated 16 developmental works worth Rs 120.84 crore and laid foundation stones of 24 developmental works to the tune of Rs 107.07 crore.
He distributed relief items worth Rs 4.81 crore to about 2,540 beneficiaries of various social welfare schemes at Mungeli.
The Chief Minister also presided over a Business Fair's concluding function.
Addressing a mammoth gathering, he added that Mungeli is a new district. Nine new districts had been carved out in January 2012 and this includes Mungeli also. In the year 2007, two new districts had been created (Bijapur and Narayanpur), Singh said.
Earlier, there were 16 districts and now the number had gone up to 27 districts. The pace of development had picked up after the creation of the Mungeli district, he said.
He assured the gathering that the authorities are committed for the welfare of poor, farmers and villagers.
Singh called upon the people to be active participants in 'Swachh Bharat' campaign in the entire State.