A delegation of Supebeda villagers called on Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh at capital city on Friday and held discussion with him. They briefed him about the problems faced by them and sought early intervention to resolve the issues.
Chief Minister directed the Gariyaband collector to take immediate action for resolving the pure drinking water problem, making integrated arrangement for treatment of kidney patients and linking the dependent women with employment in village Supebeda.
Supebeda villagers have been affected by kidney diseases where more than 56 deaths have been reported while more than 150 have been affected.
They have been regular political outcry after every death during course of treatment mainly at Medical College Hospital, Raipur.
Chief Minister directly called Gariyaband collector Shyam Dhavde and directed for early action for resolving the issues. He directed the dependent women be imparted training under skill development for capacity building and link them to employment. He also directed to ensure that all eligible beneficiaries are provided coverage under the labour department schemes along with that of other departments’ welfare schemes.
Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh assured the villagers that those villagers having died due to kidney ailment, nearest kin would get Rs 50,000 as assistance amount.
He also called Director, Health Services Mrs Ranu Sahu to ensure that the villagers affected by kidney diseases are provided better treatment facilities. The delegation of villagers had Bhagirathi Manjhi, Kuldeep Khare, Trilokchand Sonwani, Mahendra Kumar Sonwani, Mrs Yashoda Sonwani among others.