The 11th board meeting of Jharkhand Industrial Area Development Authority, JIADA was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Hemant Soren here on Tuesday. The Chief Minister said in the meeting that the land coming under JIADA needs to be demarcated and directed to install boards so that it is not encroached upon. He asked to strengthen infrastructure like electricity-water-roads in the greater area.
The CM said that notices should be issued to the companies, which have been allotted land in JIADA, but have not set up any plants here. He also said that priority should be given in allotment of land in JIADA Complex to the manufacturers of materials related to products which have high demand and production in the surrounding areas of JIADA Complex.
As many as 15 agendas were discussed in JIADA's board meeting. During this, the officials informed the Chief Minister that there are 3484 industrial units in total 132 industrial areas in Bokaro, Adityapur, Ranchi and Santhal Pargana regions of JIADA in the state. At the same time, there is 9013 acres of land under JIADA, in which 8021 acres of land has been allotted for industrial units.
Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Vandana Dadel, Principal Secretary of Finance Department Ajay Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary of Revenue Registration and Land Reforms Department KK Soan, Secretary to Chief Minister Vinay Kumar Choubey, Industry Secretary were present in this meeting. Jitendra Kumar Singh, Director Industries, Gholap Ramesh and Regional Directors of JIADA Ranchi, Bokaro, Adityapur and Santhal Parganas were present.
Meanwhile, in the meeting of the Jharkhand State Sentence Revision Board chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren today, the release of 50 prisoners serving life sentence was reviewed. During this, after discussion on the opinion of the courts, Superintendent of Police, Jail Superintendent and Probation Officer of the concerned districts, it was agreed to release 24 prisoners.
The Chief Minister said that a data bank should be made of all the prisoners who are released. There should be a system of tracking and monitoring the activities of these prisoners after leaving the jail. The Chief Minister said that proper counseling should also be done for these prisoners from time to time. Apart from this, they should also be linked to the schemes of the government, so that they remain connected with the mainstream. At the same time, there should also be a system for the rehabilitation of needy prisoners.
Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Vandana Dadel, Principal Secretary-cum-Legal Advisor of the Department, Nalin Kumar, Director General of Police, Ajay Kumar Singh, Secretary to the Chief Minister, Vinay Kumar Choubey, Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi, Arun Kumar Rai and Inspector General of Prisons Uma Shankar Singh were present in this meeting.