In its efforts to empower women by arming them with technical knowledge, the State Government on Tuesday began a massive exercise of opening technical institutions in Jharkhand as Chief Minister Raghubar Das laid the foundation stone of first women’s engineering college Gola in Ramgarh district of the State.
The CM also inaugurated Government Polytechnic College on the occasion in Ramgarh and announced that three medical colleges will be opened in Hazaribagh, Daltonganj and Dumka districts soon.
The CM said the Government aims to build the proposed Engineering College in 17 acres with funds of Rs104 crore in a duration of two years. The newly inaugurated Polytechnic College, built with Rs21 crore has 300 seats and is spread in 24 acres. Das said the Women’s Engineering College will begin its first session in the year 2019.
Addressing a gathering on the occasion, the CM said without empowering women, development of family, society and nation is not possible. “The State Government is working in the direction and for qualitative improvement of higher and technical education a number of institutes will be opened across the State. Three medical colleges in Dumka, Hazaribagh and Daltonganj will be opened and the foundations of the colleges will be laid in the month of July,” Das said.
He said with the foundation laying of the first Women’s Engineering College, Ramgarh has been added in the map of India in the field of technical education. “We have opened four new private universities in the State out of which Sports and Raksha Shakti University are important,” he added.
Male and female youths of the State at village level are being trained through skill development programmes so that they become self dependent. Women and Self Help Group (SHG) members are being trained by Jharcraft so that their products such as blankets, towels and other things could be sold by Government departments.
The CM said without developing villages neither State can develop nor the nation. “We have set a goal to complete setting up of all Panchayat Secretariats by July and the Centre would release funds worth Rs80 lakh to Rsone crore for development of Panchayats.
Talking about corruption, Das said if officials, Ministers and even if the CM comes under corruption allegations, he will not shy away from ordering a probe. “Officials should understand that when the PM and CM of the country and State are servants of the people then they are the ultimate servants because the policies of the Government are made or spoiled by them.”
Also, he praised the MP and MlA of Ramgarh calling them thirsty of development. Both the MP and MlA are toiling for development, said the CM. Ramgarh MlA and Minister of Water Resources Chandraprakash Chaudhary, Higher and Technical Education Secretary Ajoy Kumar Singh alongwith senior offcials of distrcit administration were present on the occasion.