Coal Capital Dhanbad is soon to get relief from traffic jams, with a flyover to be constructed very soon at an estimated cost of Rs 248 crore. The work plan which is ready will be approved soon in the Cabinet meeting, said Chief Minister Raghubar Das addressing a huge gathering in a Sarvadharma Mass Marriage Ceremony at Golf Ground in Dhanbad on Tuesday.
Das said, “This is for the first time when we are going to utilise the expenditure of 30 per cent of the District Mining fund for public welfare. Work on drinking water supply scheme is being done, it will cost Rs 1000 crore.”
The CM said that the welfare schemes of the Center and State government are for the poor. “Our government is providing benefits through various welfare schemes like Ujjwala Yojna, Prime Minister Housing Scheme to everyone. Our government is assuming that everyone has equal rights in this country and the Constitution of the country also says the same,” said Das.
At least 101 couples got married in the mass marriage ceremony. CM congratulated the newly married couple and greeted them on Makar Sakantri. He promised to arrange self-employment and skill development programme of all the newly married couple.
Congratulating to the Sarvadharma Mass Marriage organisers he said, organising a mass marriage ceremony is a brave step; it can eliminate the practice of dowry form the society. He said that the married couples who are in BPL list can get Rs 30,000 from government.
“Aiming for the empowerment of daughters of the State we are going to launch Chief Minister Sukanya Yojana on January 24. The main objective of this scheme is to prevent child marriage and promote their education,” he said.
Under this scheme, Rs. 5,000 will be deposited in the bank account of the mother of the newborn girl child. Later Rs 5,000 incentives will be given during her study in Class 1, 5, 8 and 10 classes; though Rs 10,000 will be given if the girl child remains unmarried till the age of 18, he said.
If an adult girl wishes to marry then an additional amount of Rs 30,000 will be provided under the Chief Minister Kanyadan Yojna. An amount of Rs. 2,000 per couple will be provided to those doing this social work and also, those who perform the cremation of a poor person will be given a sum of Rs 2,000, he said.
Dhanbad MP P.N. Singh, Mayor Chandrashekhar Agarwal, MLA Raj Sinha, Deputy Commissioner A Dodde, President of Sarvadharma Mass Marriage Committee Pradeep Singh were present on the occasion.