Shortage of drinking water, especially in Santhal Pargana region will be met with the help of the World Bank. A decision in this regard took place in a meeting of the World Bank country head Junaid Kamal Ahmad with Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday.
In the meeting, the CM was particular about development of villages of the State. “Villages are connected with the development of the people. Strengthening Panchayat Secretariat is a way to do it. It will enable the villagers to make their own schemes and implement them. 62 per cent lac and 81 per cent tasar silk of the country are produced in Jharkhand. Small and cottage industry based on forest produce are being developed in the State. Women are being trained and dairy, fisheries and poultry are being promoted,” said the CM to the WB officials that also include Operation Manager Hisaam Abdo and Program leader Rajani Vajpayee.
Junaid Kamal Ahmad said that Jharkhand will be a role model in pipeline water supply scheme for the rest of the country. He expressed his desire to take active participation in implementing other schemes of the Jharkhand Government. later, he also met Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma along with his nine- member delegation and other senior officers.
Following the meeting, Ahmad said that the State was ready to take off in developmental horizon and extended all possible assistance from the World Bank, including becoming a long-term partner.
laying stress on service delivery based on public partnership, he said that it is the demand of the hour to consider the World Bank for developing basic infrastructure, capital expenditure and building technical capacity. He said that the World Bank is the largest source of developmental assistance and the interest shown by it is encouraging. “The World Bank is ready to become a long term partner. Investment is essential from people’s welfare point of view,” said the Country Director.
The CS discussed other priorities of the Government in terms of long term planning, promotion in personal business, transparency in administration and quality and prompt service. Sectors like agriculture promotion, agriculture-based industry, urban transportation, water supply, waste water filtering and purification, telecommunication and electric transmission indentified for taking help from the World Bank. She also laid stress on preparing assistance policy between the State and the World Bank.
Additional Chief Secretaries Amit Khare and Sudhir Tripathi, Principal Secretary to the CM Sanjay Kumar, Secretary to the CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal and other senior officers were present in the meeting.