Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that there is no greater service to humanity than maintaining cleanliness. The CM, who was addressing a Choupal at Chametu village of Latehar district under the ongoing ‘Sanitation is Service’ campaign, also called on villagers for their collective contribution to make it a success.
“Government alone cannot bring cleanliness, which is required for development. Everyone will have to understand their responsibilities. Without cleanliness there is no meaning of development since we cannot control different diseases from reoccurring,” said the Chief Minister on Friday. On the occasion, he himself cleaned the village and gave message of sanitation.
The State Government is continuing with the sanitation drive running from September 15 to October 2. For providing further fillip to the cleanliness drive, the Government is also going to conduct cleanliness awareness program from October 2 to January 30, 2019 across Jharkhand. Figures suggest that construction of 86 per cent toilets in the State has been completed and the remaining would be completed by October 2. The Chief Minister added that the Government is also working on water supply front by making provisions of Rs 5000 crore. “By 2022, every household of Jharkhand will be given clean water through pipeline. Deep borewell and solar driven motors would be installed under Swacch Jaladhara Yojana to provide water to the toilets besides for drinking purposes,” said he.
The Chief Minister also said that that 30 per cent of the amount coming into the District Mineral Development Fund would be spent for the development of mining areas. He on the occasion mentioned about newly launched world’s largest health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, and the schemes to provide cycle to the children in their sixth standard, provision of benches and desks for primary schools and many more.
He also engaged in direct conversation with villagers who in large number demanded rehabilitation before displacement. The Chief Minister assured them about this and instructed CCL CMD Gopal Singh to give priority to displaced persons in mining related activities.
He also directed Deputy Commissioner Rajiv Kumar to allot the lease to those displaced by holding camps at the earliest.
The Chief Minister on the occasion gave two bike ambulances to the village while 500 gas collections were distributed. Latehar SP Prashant Anand, Deputy Development Commissioner Madhavi Mishra and other officials were present.
Later in the day, the CM visited Hazaribagh and said that he was determined to bring a change in the state through transparent working. He said his government is committed to take the rays of development to the last man of the society so as to bring smile on their faces.
Addressing large number of villagers in Keredari block, Das saidthere should be no communication gap between government and thepeople. He even cautioned people from middlemen and asked them to stay away from them. He said demand of the time is to use the mineral resources by using modern techniques. He stressed for skill development and promised to provide jobs to 1lakh youths by Jan.15.
Das said that NTPC was directed to absorb local youths in the fourth grade jobs. Praising the work undertaken in construction of toilets, he said till 2014, only 14 per cent houses were having toilets. But till today we changed this figure from 16 per cent to 96 per cent, he added. He praised Hazaribagh deputy commissioner Ravi Shankar Shukla for his efforts to bring Hazaribagh on top in swachch bharat mission.
Union minister of State for civil aviation Jayant Sinha said such jansanwadprogrammess work as a bridge between the government and people. He saidmany problems get solved here. Others present in the program wereformer Barkagaon MLA Loknath Mahto and Mayor Roshni Tirkey.