Chief Minister Raman Singh said that along with parents and family, it is the responsibility of the society and the Government also to give attention on the education of children. The State Government has been developing schools at far-flung villages and provides free textbooks to all the school-going children, he added.
Raman has appealed to all to take benefit of the Government schemes for the excellent future of the children and urged them to send theirs wards to school compulsorily.
While attending a school enrolment festival programme organized at a local primary school at Raja Bhanpuri village in Rajnandgaon district on Tuesday, he said that the
State Government was committed to provide benefit of various schemes to children, youth and aged people of the State. At this time of cultivation, all types of farming related facilities, including fertilisers and seeds, were being provided to the farmers of the State, he added.
CM, at the school enrolment festival function, while blessing the children, wished them healthy and excellent future. He also distributed free textbooks, school bags and uniform to the children.
Raman Singh also started his intense public contact tour from Raja Bhanpuri area of Rajnandgaon district. large number of villagers accorded him a hearty welcome.
He performed bhumi pujan and dedication of various construction works worth Rs4.75 crore, including
construction of anicut on Bhanpuri river costing Rs2.25 crore, a local school building costing Rs 31 lakh and water tank constructed at a cost of Rs35 lakh.
On the demand of the villagers, the Raman declared sanction of Rs50 lakh for the construction of anicut for irrigation purpose and instructed the officers
concerned to send a proposal in this regard immediately.
Under the schemes of the labour department, he gave away cycle to 18 women workers, sewing machine to 153 women workers and equipments to 21 male workers of the unorganised sector.
Parliamentary secretary Komal Janghel, MP Madhusudhan Yadav, chairman of Chhattisgarh Textbooks Corporation Ashok Sharma, Civil Supplies Corporation chairman leelaram Bhojwani and 20-Point Programme Coordination Committee vice-chairman Khoobchand Parakh and large number of sarpanch, panch and villagers were present on the occasion.