Study group from Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Institute was all impressed with the pond culture of Chhattisgarh state. During their courtesy visit to Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, members of the study group said that in their visit to various parts of Chhattisgarh, they noticed one common thing that took them by pleasant surprise was the ponds near every village, which something difficult to find in remote areas of Maharashtra.
The study group from Maharashtra paid courtesy visit to Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh at his residence on the last day of their 3-day tour to Chhattisgarh, Informed in an official statement on Monday.
Dr Raman Singh informed the study group that Chhattisgarh has a rich tradition of preserving ponds, and it is part of our culture. State Government has constructed various small-big ponds in all Gram Panchayats of Chhattisgarh state with participation of large number of villagers under MNREGA and various other schemes, which has also resulted in increase of groundwater-level and also in agricultural yield.
Chief Minister also informed them about the state government's work of ani-cut construction at large scale at rivers like Mahanadi, Sheonath, Arpa and others, which will facilitate water for irrigation through electric pumps.
In the same sequence, Energy Department has been given a goal of electrifying over 1000 pumps. Moreover, Chief Minister also made them aware about Chhattisgarh Food Security Act 2012 and Skill Improvement Act as well as other schemes underway in state. Members of the study group particularly appreciated the public distribution system in Chhattisgarh and also lauded the efforts of state government to empower the public with information technology through reputed organizations like CHiPS. They were also astounded to see the development of first ever modern city of 21st century in India i.e. Naya Raipurs. In an informal conversation with the study group, Chief Minister said that in view of the shortage of doctors in rural areas of state, especially tribal populated areas like Bastar, state government decided to perpetrate direct recruitment of doctors from all over the country.
As per the recent decision, State Government will directly recruit the doctors, who are interested in rendering services in Chhattisgarh. Interested doctors will not have to appear for the recruitment procedure of Public Service Commission, rather a simple application will bring them under consideration.
Chief Minister told that state government is offering salary packages of upto Rs 1 lakh per month to the doctors appointed in Bastar region.
The study group from Maharashtra consisted members namely Ravindra Sathe, Amit Chatterjee, Nisarg Vyas, Rohan Deshmukh, Prasad Kshirsagar, Aney Jogelkar, Sumedh Kulkarni, Nilesh Bane, Swadesh Singh, Vinay Mavlankar, Himanshu Rai, Siddhartha Sirole and Radha Vishwanathan. Meanwhile, Energy Department Secretary Aman Kumar Singh was
also present.