Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday announced that a separate building will be constructed for Surguja Medical College in Ambikapur. The building of Ambikapur-based Sainik School will be returned to the Sainik School Management, he said, while chairing a joint meeting of Surguja and Northern Area Tribal Development Authority here in Koriya district.
Singh also approved Rs50 lakh for construction of women police barracks in Balrampur-Ramanujganj and Surajpur districts. This includes sanction of Rs25 lakhs for construction of women police barrack in each district. After deliberations with public representatives, the Chief Minister directed the officials concerned to start construction of Surguja University building soon.
In the meeting, it was also decided that police patrolling vehicles will be provided to Balrampur-Ramanujganj district. It was decided in the meeting that police stations in village Haati of Raigarh district and village lemru and Shyang in Korba district will be electrified using solar energy.
Home Minister Ramsevak Paikra and Health Minister Amar Agrawal along with public representatives of the districts under jurisdiction of the Authority, Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand, and Director General of Police (DGP) AN Upadhyay, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of various departments, collectors and other officials of the districts concerned were present in the meeting.