The Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) of Tata Group has extended its cooperation to the Naya Raipur Development Authority in the coordinated development of the villages, including in the Naya Raipur project.
According to an official press statement issued here on Friday, the institution will conduct a study of the socio-economic changes in the life of people of villages included in the Naya Raipur area and give suggestions to NRDA for betterment of villagers.
By implementing the suggestions, NRDA can take necessary steps, along with the development works being done in these villages, for socio-economic uplift of the villagers. A team of the institution along with officers of NRDA visited Naya Raipur on Friday. The team called on NRDA CEO Amit Kataria, who informed them about the Naya Raipur project.
Kataria sought cooperation of TISS for making the Naya Raipur rehabilitation programme better. He said that NRDA, along with rehabilitation of the new city, gives emphasis on coordinated development of Naya Raipur, and overall development of the villages included in the project was its priority.
Additional CEO of NRDA Alex Paul Menon, general manager Mahadev Kawre, DGM (Planning) Rohit Khandelwal, managers Vishwas Meshram and JP Sharma and other officers were present on the occasion.