Divyang cricketer Golu Ohdar, who represented Jharkhand in cricket World Cup and also won the tournament in 2014, was felicitated by State Government on Wednesday at Booty village in Jan Jagriti Manch programme. The Government will also provide job to Ohdar and will also assist the budding cricketer in his future endeavours.
Notably, during the felicitation ceremony, Ohdar requested the State Government to develop camps and training institutes especially seeking the requirements of differently abled sports person in every district across the State.
The Government too is working towards it to provide maximum benefits to differently abled people through Kamal Club Yojana. “The State Government has a provision of three percent reservation for differently abled people and two percent reservation for players who represent the State and country at both national and international arena. Approximately, 1 lakh people this year will be recruited in various services in the state, after implementation of domicile policy,” said, CM, Raghubar Das.
To make people of the State self dependent and giving emphasis on the skill development project, CM, pointed out, “Presently, two lakhs women have been trained under the skill development project through different self help groups functioning across the State. Several schemes like Mudra Yojana are benefiting the youths too.”
Giving stress on one of the most ambitious project of Central Government, CM, while addressing the gathering, added, “Child marriage is a crime and society must come forward to tackle it. Girls must be given importance at par with the boys and must be educated. The State Government has launched several schemes to boost girls’ education and empower them. ‘Pehle Padhai Phir Bidhai’ must be taken seriously.”
After hearing the plea of the local residents of Booty village, CM has assured the residents to provide all basic amenities to the villagers. “Construction of roads and drainage will be immediately initiated after the monsoon season. The State Government has drafted out the plan and will provide electricity in every village by 2018. The State will also use renewable source of energy to brighten those villages or districts were grid connection is difficult to reach.”