BJP national president and Member of Parliament Amit Shah and Chief Minister Raman Singh jointly laid foundation stones and performed 'bhoomipujan' of 94 developmental works worth Rs 828 crore at Kurrubhat Dongergarh district Rajnandgaon on Wednesday. Amit Shah gave green signal to ambulance, fire brigade and police vehicle by inaugurating 112 Helpline in Rajnandgaon and Kabirdham districts.
Both leaders jointly dedicated 41 development works worth Rs 735 crore and laid the foundation stones of 53 works worth Rs 93 crore. They distributed relief materials and cheques worth Rs 30 crore to more than 60,000 beneficiaries of various social welfare schemes of the State Government.
The dedicated works include Rs 139 crore worth Khairagarh-Dongergarh- Tumdibod road, Rs 109 crore worth Sukhanala barrage, a road linking Dhamdha-Sohada-Jhorathrai-Atharia-Khairagarh laid at a cost of Rs 92 crore. They also dedicated roads linking Motipur-Sukuldihan-Musra-Achouli-Dongergarh and also Chichola-Chhuria-Kallubanjari laid at a cost of Rs 61 crore each.
They performed the bhoomipujan of several development works including Rs 38 crore Uparwah-Mohadi road, Pharmacy College building worth Rs 6.29 crore to be built at Rajnandgaon, road linking Badgaon-Charbata-Naadiya to be laid at a cost of Rs 5.30 crore, and major bridge on Dhardhara canal linking Dongergarh-Bortalab.
Raman Singh and Amit Shah jointly distributed tiffins to 10000 MGNREGA workers, Rs 16 crore bonus and footwear to 24,000 tendu patta collectors. They also gave away cycles to one thousand beneficiaries, E-Rickshaws to 50 beneficiaries, and relief materials to many persons. They also distributed house sanction letters under the Prime Minister Housing Project, cooking gas cylinders under the Újjwala' project and motorized tri-cycles to differently able persons.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar, Public Works Minister and District In-charge Minister Rajesh Munat, MPs Ms. Saroj Pande, Abhishek Singh, MLA Sarojini Banjare, former Assembly Speaker Dharamlal Kaushik, several minister, MLAs, people's representatives and large number of villagers were also present.