Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Friday assured the power-starved people of Palamu and Garhwa region that they would get 24X7 electricity by the end of the year, while residents of Santhal Pargana will get regular electricity supply by the end of July, 2015.Das said that the government will ensure 24X7 electricity supply to the whole state because one can neither dream of Make in India nor Digital India programme without power.The CM was in Garhwa today to lay the foundation stone of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya bridge on Koyal river that will connect several areas of the state to the National Highway no 2 and will be immensely beneficial for people of Garhwa, Palamu and latehar.
Addressing people on the occasion, the CM said that roads and bridges are prime parameters of a state’s development and that is why the government has begun improving the condition of the bridges and roads of Jharkhand. “The way the government is working, we can say that Jharkhand will be counted among developed states in next five years and in the next 10 years it would become the most affluent state of the country,” he added.The CM also assured that primitive tribes battalion will be erected in Dumka and Palamu before August 15 and the issues related to scarcity of drinking water would be solved within 3-4 years as the government has started working in the area. He said that the government will extend all possible support to investors so that Japla Cement factory could be renovated and reopened.
Das encouraged the people, saying that better facilities of water, electricity and rods will open development avenues in the region.“The 2016-17 Budget will be of the farmers, villagers and poor people. The government will give two cows each to people of Palamu and Garhwa on subsidized rates. The government is making a blueprint of milk production and its online sale apart from making 40 veterinary hospitals in the state,” he said.The CM, on the occasion, announced development schemes and projects worth Rs 400 crore for Garhwa. He also distributed Forest land Pattas among 27 beneficiaries and gave away cheques worth Rs 30 crore under Mukhyamantri lakshmi ladli Yojna and Mukhyamantri Kanyadaan Yojna. The CM said that the government was with the people of the state and it is committed to make people happy by removing middlemen tendency from the state.
Taking a dig at Bihar, the CM said that politics for development is not done in Bihar, only politics for caste and vote bank is prevalent there. “This part (Palamu -Garhwa) of the state is also among the adjoining areas of Bihar so you do not accept the Bihar culture. Das said that their priority is to provide a transparent governance and corruption-free state. He asked the officers to go in field otherwise they would face action.labour and Employment Minister Raj Paliwar, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi, Palamu MP VD Ram, MlAs S N Tiwari, Radha Krishna Kishore, Alok Chaurasia, Kushwaha Sheopujan Mehta, Principal Secretary Road Construction department Rajbala Verma, Commissioner JP lakra and Garhwa DC A Muthu Kumar among others were present on the occasion.