Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday began his first rural expedition in Santhal Pargana region of the State exhorting officials, MlAs, Ministers and others to actively participate in the process of building a prosperous Jharkhand by strengthening and developing the villages. He said that the development of backward regions of the State such as Santhal Pargana was among the top priorities of the Government.
The overnight stay of Chief Minister is a part of his ambitious “Rajdhani se Gaon ki Or (From capital to villages)” campaign, where the decision-makers in the Government, including the CM, Ministers, senior Government officials and others will spend time in villages and establish a connect with the rural masses to solve their problems in a better way.On way to his first visit to village of temples named Maluti in Santhal Pargana, the CM made a halt at Dumka and talked to senior officials about the issues prevailing in the area. He asked the officials to work as servants and not as rulers as the aim of the Government machinery was to make available maximum benefits to the people of the State.
The CM, on the occasion, instructed senior officials to complete development works in the set time frame and ensure that the Santhal region does not lag behind in the development scale.During the review meeting of HRD department in Dumka, the CM gave an important instruction that the process of recruitment of teachers for Class I to VIII would be completed by August 15, 2015. He said that 50 per cent of seats would be reserved for women. He also said that the teachers deputed at blocks and district headquarters would be freed from their postings and they would not be deployed in non-teaching works.
Talking to mediapersons at Maluti village, the CM said that the purpose of visiting villages and meeting the people was to pay gratitude to the people and solve their problems. “The visit is not only for me and Ministers. It should be done by all officials and people’s representatives, who are accountable to the people. We want to get the voices of the people heard so that we come out with a Budget for 2016-17 that reflects the voices of farmers, women, rural population and the poor,” he said.
Das also talked about making Jharkhand a tourism hub by connecting religious places in a circuit and joining them with road and rail network. He said that Jharkhand was also rich in terms of its natural treasure of fauna and flora and several tourist spots are being developed in the State that will provide employment to locals.The CM stayed in the village meeting locals, rural representatives and others and directing officials to solve the issues on the spot till late evening. Welfare Minister louis Marandi, Chief Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Development Commissioner RS Poddar, Additional Chief Secretary Home NN Pandey, DGP DK Pandey along with top officials of the State Government were present with the Chief Minister in Dumka and many of them accompanied him at Maluti.