People on Monday accorded warm and spirited welcome to Chief Minister Raman Singh at the meetings arranged as part of his Vikas Yatra at Haati, Kudekela and Chhal in Raigarh district on Monday. Overwhelmed with the love and happiness of the people, the Chief Minister expressed his gratitude towards them.
Dr Singh started his Vikas Yatra in the district at 5 in the evening from Haati in Dharamjaigarh development block. Similarly, the Chief Minister attended to the welcome meetings organised at Kudekela and Chhal villages in the block. Singh urged the people to take as much as benefits from the different public welfare programmes and schemes run by the Government for the poor, weaker sections and in public interest, including the Chhattisgarh Food Security, Smart Card, free sari being distributed to the women tendupatta collectors and 102 Mahthari express.
The CM said that the Government, in order to eradication malnutrition in the tribal regions, was providing two kilogram gram, having ample quantity of protein, at Rs 5 per kg. Free solar lamps to the families of interior places and students free solar study lamps, so that all should get basic facilities and the light of education, he added. To make the life of tendupatta collector families prosperous, their wages has been increased from Rs 450 per standard bags to Rs 1,200. They have also been given bonus and security cover of insurance schemes and free footwear.
Industries Minister, Rajesh Munat, MP Vishnudev Sai, parliamentary secretary Omprakash Rathia, prominent citizens of the area, collector Mukesh Bansal, director public relations Omprakash Choudhary, SP Rahul Bhagat and villagers in large number were present on the occasion.