East Singhbhum district administration in association with Union Panchayati Raj Ministry is taking major steps for successful hosting of National Panchayati Raj Day function to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here at JRD Tata sports complex on April 24.
After additional secretary Union panchayati raj ministry, Rashmi Shukla Sharma visited the city to review the preparation earlier this month, the senior officials of administration participated in a video-conferencing about the arrangements of the programme.
“We are all geared up for the event. The administration is following the norms laid out by SPG and advice given by Union ministry in construction of the Pavilion and hangars for the April 24 program at JRD Tata Sports Complex and also at the Mohan Ahuja Indoor Stadium and Archery ground. We have formed different cells to look into various activities and a review meeting of the cells is being held on a daily basis,” said East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal who visits the venue every day in the evening.
According to sources in the administration a huge pavilion is being constructed of the dimension 300 feet x 80 feet and around 10 lED screens will be installed at the galleries for better view of the program from the huge stadium (having a capacity in excess of 35,000).
The dais (60 feet x 42 feet dimension) will have two portable washrooms one to be used for Prime Minister and other by VVIPs delegates like chief ministers, Union ministers and senior bureaucrats from Delhi.
Chief ministers of almost all BJP-ruled states will be attending the April 24 function while and Union minister of rural development and panchayati raj Choudhary Birender Singh has already confirmed of his participation.
As per the plans rural handicrafts of Jharkhand will be exhibited during the Prime Minister 's visit to city to attend a function to mark the National Panchayati Raj Day.
According to sources in the district administration, a two-day exhibition would begin from April 23 and would have stalls exhibiting various products from rural parts of Jharkhand.
Officials revealed that tentatively Prime Minister will be arriving in city at 4 pm and will be addressing nearly 3000 panchayat delegates from across the country. According to sources in the district administration, the SPG (Special Protection Group) will be taking over the JRD Tata Sports Complex from April 21 evening.