A medical team comprising doctors and paramedics organised a health check-up camp at a rural weekly market (Budhwar Bazar) at Dantewada on Wednesday, a day after Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced the scheme to take the health services closer to people.
Ball also started rolling for the immediate implementation of another scheme announced by the CM on Tuesday to provide nutritious food to people living in forest areas.
For implementation of the nutrition scheme, a meeting of sarpanchs, secretaries of the gram panchayats and department officials concerned was held, where necessary guidelines in the context were issued.
It is noteworthy that Chhattisgarh government has launched pilot projects in Bastar under two new schemes- distribution of nutritious meal and mobile medical facilities in haat-bazaars.
Chief Minister said that malnutrition-level in Bastar Division is the highest in the state. “We are committed to solve this problem. Under the new scheme of Chhattisgarh government, people will be provided nutritious meals everyday through gram panchayats and women self-help groups,” Baghel said.
Initially this project will be started in a selected panchayats and later within a month, implementation of this scheme will be started in other districts of the state.