Chief Minister Hemant Soren has rejected the proposal of the Forest Department, in which it was requested to regularize the saw mills operating within a radius of 5 km from the forest area before 1996 in the State. In this sequence, the CM has ordered the Forest Department to ensure that all saw mills falling within a radius of five kilometers from the forest area should be removed as soon as possible.
The far-reaching impact of this decision of the Chief Minister will be visible on the forests and environment of Jharkhand State in the coming days. This will check the illegal felling of wood in the forests. Also, wild fauna, forests and vegetation will be protected.
The Forest Department has seized a huge quantity of teak wood by raiding four illegally operated sawmills located in Sarath and Sarwan blocks of Deoghar district. Also, these saw mills have been completely demolished by the forest department.
Meanwhile, the CM has again ordered to link all the Deputy Commissioners with Sarvajan Pension Yojana. The Chief Minister said that a special campaign is being run to connect the needy deprived of pension with Sarvajan Pension in the State. Lakhs of people have been linked to the scheme. All the Deputy Commissioners please ensure that no needy person should be deprived of pension, he said.
It is to be known that the Chief Minister has started a special campaign organised for a month from last June to link Sarvajan Pension Yojana across the State from Gumla. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister got information that the husband of Sunita Devi of Chirudih village of Dhanbad Topchanchi block had died about two years ago. But, till date she is deprived of widow pension. Her financial condition is not good. After getting information about this, the Chief Minister has ordered the Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad to investigate the matter and inform Sunita, while helping her.