On a day's visit to Pakur on Saturday, Chief Minister Raghubar Das instructed officials to expedite development projects to fast pace progress of littipara block of Pakur district and specifically instructed district officials to address shortage of teachers within a month by recruiting teachers on contractual basis. Reviewing progress of schemes in Pakur, Das asked officials to pull up their socks to develop littipara.
Das said littipara counts among the 10 most backward blocks of the country therefore no stone should be left unturned to make it count among developed blocks. He reviewed status of the ambitious scheme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- Van-Bandhu Kalyan Yojna -- and asked officials to encourage people of the district to reap benefits of schemes for animal husbandry, poultry, pisciculture to improve standard of living. The CM ordered officials to dig deep borewells and provide clean drinking water to the people of the area.
The CM communicated his Government's vision for the area and reminded the officials that the State Government has prepared Rs 200-crore worth drinking water project for the area.
After obtaining the status report of various projects, the CM attended Yojna Banao Abhiyan workshop at Upgraded Primary School in Nipaniyan village. Das interacted with the villagers and lay emphasis on girl education and allowing girls to complete education before they get married. He joined villagers in the Yojna Banao Abhiyan and stressed that villagers should frame the development plan according to their requirements. Das expressed government will be providing widow pension all widow belonging to the below-poverty-line category and farmers are great engineers.
Significantly, Das requested people to not believe in superstitions and make best use of the toll free number 181 to seek solution to their grievances. The review meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police and other district officials.