Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma today appealed to people of naxal affected Saranda jungles in West Singhbhum area to end negative forces and extremism. She said that the government will free the State from extremism by December this year so that the coming generations do not have to see the dark days witnessed by the present population.
During the review visit to Rowam Focus Area Development programme at Manoharpur Block in Saranda area of West Singhbhum Verma said that it was important to empower and strengthen Panchayats because it is through the Gram Sabha one can make development reach every household. Mukhiyas must use their rights and discharge their duties properly, she said.
She instructed to attach every person, every family of focus area with government schemes and add women of the area with widow pension, old-age pension, sakhi mandals etc. She also asked officials to provide skill development training to youths during the review.
The CS on Saturday also inspected the stalls in vikas mela and handed over cheques symbolically to the two villagers Sunil Hembrom and Kajal Kumari for uploading photographs of toilets under Clean India Mission. Rs 1, 46,70,000 were also given by DRDA and JlSPS to the Sakhi Mandals and other Self Help Groups. Rs 30000 were also distributed among 8 beneficiaries under Chief Minister Kanyadaan Yojana.
Appointment letters to 3 Anganwari Sevika and Sahayika were also handed over symbolically by the CS. Three educated persons were also handed over cheques of Rs 2 lakh each beneficiary under Chief Minister Schedule Tribes Gram Vikas Yojana.
Principal Secretary SKG Rahate said that review of ambitious programmes of the State Government was being done in the focus areas. The State Government is of the view that the programmes should be run in the focus areas of the Naxal areas so that the benefits reaches even to the last person sitting in the social strata.
ADG (Operations) RK Mallick said that it was a golden opportunity as the camp has been set up here beating the dark shadow of Maoism and people in the area were gradually disillusioned from Naxalims.