Eminent personalities of the State including Chief Minister Hemant Soren today paid rich tributes to martyr Pandey Ganpat Rai on his 211th birth anniversary at the Martyrs’ place near Shahid Chowk here on Friday. The CM on the occasion said that the Government is committed to develop the martyrs’ sites and honouring them.
A Development Fair was also organised at Pandey Ganpat Rai’s village, Bhouron in Lohardaga district. On this occasion, various departments, including the Agriculture Department, Department of Rural Development, Health Department, Food Supply Department, Social Welfare, Social Security, MGNREGA, Rural Development, etc put up their stalls in the fair.
As many as 20 beneficiaries got houses under PMAY, one got a house under Ambedkar Awas Yojna, 24 beneficiaries got ration cards, 10 got credit linkage cards, 16 got agriculture equipment. Severeal people were benefitted under Kanyadan Yojan, CM Sukanya Yojna, etc. A water tower was inaugurated and foundation was laid for a toilet.
Amid a festive atmosphere in the Mandar MLA Bandhu Tirkey, District Rural Development Agency Director Akhauri Shashank Sinha and Sub-Divisional Officer Jyoti Jha attended the event as special guests. The descendants of the martyr Ganpat Rai were also present on the occasion.
The guests were welcomed with traditional dance and flower showers. The stalls put up in the fair were visited by the guests. Also assets were distributed. Martyrs' descendants were also honoured. Villagers were present in large numbers in the program. Tejaswini Project girls, students of other schools including Mountain View School, presented cultural programs in the programme.
On this occasion, a large number of villagers were present including Martyr Pandey Ganpat Rai Memorial Committee Chairman Vandana Rai, Vice Chairman Sanjay Khatri, Former MLA Ramesh Oraon, Block Development Officer Ranjita Toppo, Circle Officer Mahendra Kumar, Bindeshwar Beck, Seema Sinha.