Urban Development, Housing and Transport departments Minister C P Singh today laid the foundations for 20 schemes and inaugurated 10 schemes at a simple but impressive function held in the Pandit Deendayal Smiriti Bhavan here.
It was a Rs 34 crore affair that was presented before the people. The foundation and the inauguration were done online.
A battery of people’s representatives like R K Kishore (MLA) Aloke Chourasia (MLA), Kushwaha Sheopujan Mehta (MLA) Sanjay Singh (Deputy Chairman) Shantanu K Agrahari (DC) B M P Singh (DDC) attended the function.
The foundation cum inauguration ceremony was held in the wake of the coming Assembly election here in the State as DDC B M P Singh in his speech dropped a big hint that schemes for which foundations laid today would go on irrespective of the model code of conduct and such ongoing schemes would be beneficial to people.
Among the prominent 10 inaugurations done were five integrated development centres at extremists battle fields namely Abun, Bageeya, Taal, Saraideeh and Kuhkuh Kalan worth 31 lakh each, 2 haat and shed worth 12 and 21 lakh, 2 shelter homes worth 64 each etc.
Prominent foundations were for power sub grids numbering 4, renovation of ghat of river Koyal, construction of 6 tahsil kachehry for revenue officials, 3 check dams and rural roads.
The minister said, “Our Government gave you gas stove, cylinder, regulator all free but when I ask you if any other government had done this in the past you people do not say anything.
Some of you were dozing off. Good time has gone here. Give me 5 minutes and I will finish my speech.”The minister did what he said. He wrapped up his speech listing all five good things like good roads, sukanya yojana, money to one ‘dhur 9 read decimal) land owner, gas and regulator all free to women and toilets for women as he said “ I have a rural back ground where there used to be two doors one for men in the front and the other for women from the rear all for this toilet purpose.