he process of changing the face of dilapidated Haat _ Bazaar buildings in the rural areas of Jharkhand has begun. A shed construction plan has been prepared to give a new look to the rural Haat _ Bazaar. In this series, the state's Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey laid the foundation stone of the shed construction scheme in Tangar Krishi Haat Bazaar of Chanho block and Tangar Basli Haat Bazaar of Mandar block. About Rs. 1 crore 73 lakh will be spent on shed construction in both the markets.
This will include construction of shed on 23 hundred square feet, solar light facility in the market premises, construction of separate toilets for men and women along with provision of pure drinking water. The Agriculture Department has set a target to develop the Haat Bazaars of the state as modern agricultural markets.
On the occasion of the foundation stone laying ceremony, Minister Shilpi Neha Tirkey said that strengthening the rural Haat Bazaar is necessary to improve the rural economy. While being an MLA, she got the work of construction of four sheds done in both these markets. Today, after becoming the Agriculture Minister of the state, the foundation stone of a big scheme has been laid to change the face of the market. The Minister said that now in such Haat Bazaars, farmers will not have to face the brunt of the weather to sell their produce.
Farmers and sellers used to face the most problems during the rainy season. The objective of the Agriculture Department is to get the right price for the farmers' produce and to make arrangements for the maintenance of their produce. She said that the government and the department prepare plans for the public. The public itself will have to monitor how the scheme is implemented exactly on the ground. Election-minded leaders only work to divide the society in the name of religion. They do not seem serious about how the public should be developed.
The Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cooperative Department has prepared a magazine for correct information about the schemes. In this magazine, the objective of the scheme run by the department, the benefits of the scheme and the process of availing the benefits of the scheme have been given in detail.
Tirkey said that the innocent people of the village are not even aware of the government's scheme. The government's scheme has to reach such people standing in the last row of the society. Congress leaders and workers including Mohammad Ishtiaq, Shiv Oraon, Ajit Singh, Mangal Oraon, Mahadev Oraon, Zulfikar, Priyanka Oraon, Irshad Khan, Shashi Sahu, Manga Oraon, Abid Ansari, Bandhu Toppo, Tasleem Ansari, Aslam Ansari, Jose Oraon, Belus Toppo, Seraphina Minj, Bernadette were present in the foundation stone laying programme.