Hazaribagh MP cum MoS Jayant Sinha officially inaugurated the ongoing Konar Mahotsava, a program to give a different identity to Hazaribagh district, organised jointly by the district administration and Red Cross Society.
Famous cine actor cum MP Manoj Tiwari was also there on Thursday late evening.
In the packed Kurzon’s Ground premises Manoj Tiwari and artists of Jharkhand presented Paika and Chau dances and lagori Band kept the spectators engrossed who claped and danced till 11 pm in the night.
Subsequently on Friday a workshop was organised in VBU on ‘Make in Hazaribagh.
Addressing the gathering Jayant Sinha said, “The workshop will certainly help us in preparing a road map for the industrial development of the district.
This time the government has given stress on agriculture and rural areas because without strengthening the villages Make in India is not possible.
Small and micro industrial units can change the scenario and it also possess the capacity to create more jobs.”
Padma Shree Ashok Bhagat of Vikash Bharti said, “80 per cent of our population lives in rural areas. It is necessary to explore the potentials of the rural areas and rural people. This State can flourish by establishing small and micro units of food processing, horticulture, medicinal plants etc.”
MlA Manish Jaiswal, Prof Ramesh Sharan, Harishwar Dayal, Vikash Singh, President of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce, VC Prof. Gurdeep Singh, PVC Dr. MP Sinha and some other distinguished personalities also expressed their view.
Most of them advocated the need of micro and small units instead of major industries for creating job and maintaining the pollution free environment of the district adding Skill India Program for the success of Make in Hazaribagh vision.