Hazaribagh MP cum MoS Jayant Sinha said that the district is at the top of the list of districts of the State in implementing Prime Minister Mudra Scheme in terms of number of beneficiaries. He made this claim after coming out from the meeting of district planning, evaluation-cum-monitoring committee also known as district vigilance committee on Sunday.
In this marathon meeting held in the hall of district collectorate the MP went through the reports of different departments and looked satisfied with the pace of development.
later talking with the mediapersons he said, “To store the rainwater construction of dobhas is going on and I have given a target of 25,000 dobhas to the district administration. Regarding drinking water problem I have instructed the officials to immediately repair all the inoperative hand pumps. The process of bringing Konar Dam’s water to Hazaribagh is in progress and soon work will start on this project.”
Praising the efforts of district administration and elected village local body representatives Jayant said that Churchu block has already been declared ODF and now the target is making the district ODF by the end of this fiscal year. “I have advised to organise a training program for elected local body representatives of Hazaribagh and Ramgarh districts so that the target could be achieved in fixed timeframe,” he said.
Sinha informed that railway line up to Banadag coal yard dump has already become operational and soon Hazaribagh-Barkakana rail line will also become operational as the work is almost complete. Railway racks have started running from Banadag loaded with coal for NTPC plants. NTPC has agreed to give Rs1 crore for the completion of SAI Center of Padma, he said.
On the issue of power supply Sinha looked satisfied with the report presented in the meeting and said that in town currently more than 20 hours power supply is going on while in rural areas it is 14-15 hours daily. Jayant Sinha finished this press conference with an assurance that within 15 days he will meet again with the progress report of his two years tenure as MP of Hazaribagh constituency.