The State is going to watch a 24x7 Doordarshan channel exclusively for Jharkhand within a year. During the period, a separate half-hour window on DD Bihar-Jharkhand will be made available exclusively for Jharkhand audience with content and dialect matching with the State.
Union Minister for Urban Development, Poverty Alleviation and Information and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu, who arrived here on a two-day visit, also appreciated film policy of the state and added that National Film Development Corporation and Satyajit Ray Film and Television institute will collaborate with Jharkhand for establishing the proposed film city.
Making dreams of lakhs of people in the State since the time of its inception true, Naidu said in presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das that the State had reflected worth appreciable amount of growth since Das had been sworn in. However, he added that the State which had emerged in top-5 states in SBM implementation, needed to work more passionately in key some areas.
Naidu expressed satisfaction with developments made in Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), Urban Transportation, Pradhanmantri Awas Yojna-Urban (PMAY-U), land properties regulation and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojna-National Urban livelihood Mission (DAY-NUlM) in the State.
He also felicitated officials of Chas, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad civic bodies for scoring better than others in the State in recently announced Swachh Bharat Mission ratings. “The government is doing comparatively better job than many states in Pradhan Mantri Sahari Aawas Yojana. It has approved 60,916 houses out of 2.55 lakh applications and GEO Tagging of 32,000 which are remarkable numbers,” said Naidu.
The Minister praised the State for approval of the model building Bylaws which has made possible for the consumers to register online. “A system is being made in consultation with Geological Survey of India and other agencies to modernise the process in the interest of consumers. The state government is performing well on all the parameters framed by GOI. Best performing states will be awarded an incentive of Rs1,000 crores,” added Naidu.
“The State government has been moving fast on the line of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Reform, Perform and Transform. Gone are the days when states needed to send stockpiles of files and the Centre kept on taking months to figure out what exactly states needed. Now the centre is running around states and trying to solve issues then and there, which has worked wonders. From the day this Government at the centre completes its three years on May 26, all the ministers will be visiting to all 721 districts of the country to understand what kind of changes we have been able to bring in lives of people and what immediately needs to be done,” added Naidu.
Urban Development Minister CP Singh, Union Urban Housing Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, Union Housing and Poverty Alleviation Department Secretary Nandita Chatterjee, Principal Secretary to the CM Sanjay Kumar and other officials of the departments were present.
The CM who received a cheque worth Rs278 crores on the occasion from Naidu as installment for different projects by the Central Government in State said that the approach the Union Government had taken to implement plans had converted challenges in housing sectors across country in opportunities. “A 24x7 dedicated news channel is among one of the best gifts of the centre to the State so far. I am sure we will be able to reach on the day of groundbreaking ceremony of smart city (Ranchi) within six months,” added the CM.
Naidu also expressed pleasure over six cities of the State – Chas, Mango, Bundu, Khunti, lohardaga and Gumla becoming Open Defection Free (ODF) and said that the State had promised to turn all cities of State (excluding rural areas) ODF by October 2 this year itself. He requested real estate players of the State to stand to their promises made to customers or be ready to face the music under new guidelines. He also said that CNT/SPT Act was a sensitive issue for the State and the government will take an appropriate decision for betterment of all.