Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that there was an urgent need to make each panchayat lively and strong for which the panchayat members will have to play an active role. Chief Minister while addressing the conference of Panchayat Sevaks, volunteers and Mukhias of the Division at Tata College ground in Chaibasa, also added that Jharkhand being a State full of possibilities combined efforts must be made to give it a right direction.
“Orphans, widows, landless and homeless people have been identified through a survey done by volunteers in Panchayats and the State Government has been moving ahead towards resolving their problems,” said CM. The poor people need not roam around the block offices as their problems will be solved at the Panchayat Secretariat level, he added.
Das said that several Panchayats are being connected through IT very swiftly in this regard. “Income, caste and residential certificates of students above class VII students will be issued at the Panchayat level. In addition to that, the State Government will ensure that distribution of lED bulbs, tube lights and fans at cheaper rates,” he said. Panchayats have also been given responsibilities to ensure that only the right person should get benefits of Government schemes, he added.
“Job opportunities will only be produced from prosperous Panchayats and the problems like migration could also be dealt with through it,” he said. The Panchayat Volunteers themselves will make a survey of incomplete toilets in their areas for which they will be paid incentives separately, he added.
The CM further added that the Panchayat Sacretariats have been set up to remove corruption and it is the responsibility of all Mukhias and Panchayat Volunteers work in such a way so that the society remembers them forever. To make the benefits of various schemes and programmes run by both State and Centre to the people will be the sole responsibility of Panchayat Secretariat who will also play an important role in implementation of those programmes, he said.
Das also said that the villages located in the mining areas will be developed thought the 30 per cent of the royalty being received in this regard.
“People of Chaibasa have been drinking red water. Programmes are being made to provide fresh drinking water to them. Not a single house will remain devoid of fresh supply water by 2020 in this State, said the CM. He also announced Chakradharpur Municipal Council as ODF and also announced 51 Panchayats of West Sinnghbhum as zero drop out Panchayats for admitting 100 children in schools.
The CM, during the programme, inaugurated jacket code of Panchayat Volunteers and also handed over Identity Cards to five Volunteers symbolically.
Rural Development Minister Neelkanth Singh Munda, while addressing the gathering of Panchayt Volunteers said that they will also have to play a pro-active role in monitoring of Government schemes being undertaken on the ground in the State.
The prgramme was also attended by School Education and literacy Minister Neera Yadav, State BJP President and MP laxman Gilua, Ghatshila MlA laxman Tudu, Chaibasa MP Dipak Birua, Chief Secretary Rajbalal Verma, Additional Chief Secretary Amit Khare, Rural Development Secretary NN Sinha, Principal Secrtary (Personnel) Nidhi Khare and several other leaders and officers of the State Government.