Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal on Wednesday turned down the adjournment motion proposal of the Opposition Congress members to hold a discussion on the recent mass agitation by Shikshakarmis in Raipur.
The Opposition members were of the view that Shikshakarmis were pressurised to call off the agitation.
Congress member Kawasi lakhma said that the schools in Bastar depend on the work of Shikshakarmis and a discussion on the issue must be held.
The Speaker informed that he had given time for a discussion on the Shishakarmis issue but the same cannot be done as information was not provided in the given time.
Congress member Girwar Janghel asked how many toilets had been constructed in the State and how much money was spent for constructing them.
In his reply, Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar said that Rs 717.47 lakh were spent on construction of personal toilets and Rs 3.13 lakh spent on construction of community toilets.The State is 98 per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF) now, he said.
The Minister also informed the House that the Health Department will fill up 2000 posts of doctors , nurses and technicians next year and for this, approval had already been received from Finance Department.
BJP member Devjibhai Patel demanded to know how many doctors, nurses and technicians would be recruited.
To this, the Health Minister replied that 465 doctors would be recruited in district hospitals and the 1234 posts are vacant in community health centers and 1699 posts are vacant in primary health centers.