Governor CP Radhakrishnan, while participating in the 'Lok Samvad Program' at the football ground at Sunderpahari in Godda district on Saturday, said that he is extremely happy to know that more than 50,000 houses have been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. In this context, during the dialogue, a woman told that she is feeling very happy after getting a pucca house from a kutcha house and now she does not have to face the effects of the weather.
The Governor said that the aim of the government is that every homeless person should have his own house. Not only the house, but drinking water should also be available to them along with the house. For this, the Nal-Jal Yojana is being run by the Central Government. Under this scheme, drinking water will be supplied to every house, work is being done continuously for this. He said that the basic needs of the people should be fulfilled for a dignified life. Along with housing and drinking water supply, the government is constantly working for uninterrupted electricity, good roads, advanced health and education.
In the Lok Samvad program, a self-help group's sister said that before joining the group, the financial condition of her house was pathetic. After joining the group, she did goat rearing by taking out a loan and opened a grocery shop. Now, she earns Rs 15-20 thousand per month and is teaching her children in good schools.
In the Lok Samvad programme, a student of Kasturba Gandhi Vidyalaya, which has also got the status of School of Excellence, said that a large number of children from poor families also study in this school. They are given good education. Her dream is to become a teacher in the future and provide education to small girls. The Governor said that the enthusiasm of the girls is overwhelming, definitely these girls will be successful in life. He said that he has travelled 7000 kms in 21 districts and has established dialogue with the villagers of Jharkhand and has also become aware of the status of implementation of the schemes of the government and the problems of the people. People's problems will be resolved at the relevant level. On this occasion, he observed the stalls set up by various departments and distributed the assets among the beneficiaries.
The Governor, while addressing the villagers at Thadhiyara Panchayat Bhavan of Mohanpur block under Deoghar district, today said that promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in each district will provide new employment opportunities to the people and their standard of living will improve. He said that to reduce the problems of mothers and sisters, free cooking gas connections have been given by the government under the Ujjwala Yojana. A total of 95 per cent of India's population has been covered by this scheme.
Drinking water is being supplied under the Nal-Jal Yojana started by the Centre. Due to availability of gas and arrangement of water, cooking by mothers and sisters is becoming easier. He said that we should use cloth, jute bags instead of plastic, because all water sources are specially affected. He said that Sikkim is the only state in India where completely organic farming is done. Even in our Jharkhand state, chemical fertilizers are not used in traditional farming. Therefore, Jharkhand can also move towards completely organic farming gradually. He said that earlier organic farming was done in India, but gradually following western civilization, we started using more and more chemical fertilizers and pesticides instead of traditional farming, due to which our farm started getting affected. Now we are again moving towards organic farming.
Sanju Tudu, a member of Suraj Aajeevika Sakhi Mandal, told in the public dialogue program that she is running a ration and cosmetic shop by taking a loan, which earns about Rs 8,000. She is also repaying the loan. The Governor said that women have been empowered through self-help groups and their standard of living has increased.