Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday said that the Government has understood the hardships faced by people of Garhwa and Palamu as the region always witnesses famine due to lack of water. It is, therefore, the CM said the government will lay foundation stone for schemes worth Rs 15,000 crore aimed at getting rid of water crisis in Palamu before State Foundation Day.
The CM today laid foundation of 220/132 KV and 132/33 KV grid transmission line at Bhognadih village of Garhwa district and started work of electrification of 635 villages in districts under JUSNl and JBVNl. Energy Department Secretary NM Kulkarni said that the foundation was for the first grid substation in the district, under which 635 villages will be electrified and five new substations will be set up.
CM Das thanked the Mukhiya of Bhognadih village and said that he deserves commendation for discharging his duties properly as a true representative of people. He said that in 1000 days the Government has made electricity reach sevel lakh houses in the State. He said that earlier only 38 lakh houses out of the total 68 lakh families had access to electricity.
“The Government has taken it as a challenge and set a goal to make electricity reach all houses of the State by the end of 2018. Five substations in Palamu and in the whole State 257 substations and 60 grids are under construction. The Government is working on making available 24x7 electricity to each household in the State…..so that by the year 2019 Jharkhand can be developed as a power hub,” he said.
The CM also promised 300 new ambulances within 3 months that will reach the needy persons within 15 minutes. He said that CM Health Insurance scheme will also be very helpful for the people of the State, wherein APl persons will have to pay Rs 200 and BPl people will have to pay Rs 80 for getting insurance of Rs 2 lakh. Das, on the occasion, accepted that much work needed to be done in the field of healthcare in the State but he said that the government was toiling hard to make available basic health facilities to the last man in the State.
The CM, on the occasion, appealed to people to celebrate Durga Puja, Karma and Bakarid with peace and harmony. Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi, Chaibasa MP laxman Gilua, Palamu MP BD Ram, MlAs Bhanu Pratap Shahi, Hare Krishna Singh, Satendra Nath Tiwari, Energy Department Secretary NM Kulkarni, JBVNl MD Rahul Purwar alongwith others were present on the occasion.