Jashpur. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai today held a meeting of Surguja Area Tribal Development Authority at Mayali in Jashpur district. In the presence of the members of the authority and secretaries of major departments, the Chief Minister reviewed the works sanctioned under the authority and directed that the ongoing works should be completed soon by canceling the unstarted works.
The Chief Minister appealed to the members of the authority to have one-to-one discussions and submit proposals after taking information about the problems and demands related to their area. He gave instructions to resolve the problems pointed out by the members in the meeting through the concerned department. On the demand of MLA Renuka Singh, the Chief Minister announced to increase the budget amount of Surguja Area Tribal Development Authority from Rs 50 crore to Rs 75 crore. He also announced an amount of Rs 10 crore to promote tourism in Mayali.
Addressing the meeting of the authority, Chief Minister Sai said that all-round development of the state is being done since the time of former Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh. He formed an authority for development in tribal areas and provided resources. At present there are five authorities in Chhattisgarh. Our government wants development from Bastar to Surguja region. If there is no money in the budget for this, necessary work will be done through the authority. The Government of India and the State Government want the development of all sections of the state including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. The pace of development will be further accelerated by arranging resources in these areas through the authority. He said that the Prime Minister of the country, Shri Narendra Modi, has made a budget provision for development in special backward tribal dominated and tribal areas through PM Janman and Dharti Aaba Gram Utkarsh Yojana. These schemes of his will give impetus to development works in all areas of the state.
Chief Minister Sai further said that his government has focused on the development of tribal areas in the budget. Our government will work with commitment for the development of Bastar and Surguja division areas. The Chief Minister appreciated the preparations made by the district administration for the meeting of the authority at Mayali in Jashpur district and said that Jashpur district has reserves of mineral resources as well as availability of forests and forest produce. The villagers and farmers can be taken forward by adding value to the forest produce and important products. Chief Minister Sai said that the reason behind holding the meeting of the authority in his home district and Mayali was to promote tourism here and appealed to the senior officials attending the meeting from the capital Raipur to see the products here, use them and promote them. Along with giving, also promote important tourist places of Jashpur district.
The Chief Minister talked about solving the problems pointed out by the members of the authority in the meeting. He considered examining the demand for starting a sugarcane procurement center in the Lundra-Batauli area, working towards providing electricity to electricity-less areas, taking necessary steps towards preventing loss of lives due to elephants, and considering increasing the amount of damage caused. Said to do it. On the complaint of other people getting higher electricity bills including single light connections, the Chief Minister directed Energy Secretary Rohit Yadav to investigate and resolve the complaints related to electricity bills. He instructed the Secretary of the Food Department to resolve the complaints related to shortage of ration at some places in Jashpur district. On this occasion, the Chief Minister inaugurated the divisional office of Water Resources Division in Kunkuri by pressing the distribution remote.
Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao, present in the meeting, said that the development of Surguja and Bastar region is a matter of top priority of our government. By attending today’s meeting under the authority, the Chief Minister has reiterated his commitment and resolve for the development of this area. Through the authority under the leadership of Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai, our government will work to bring changes in the lives of the people of Surguja division and make their lives accessible. The Deputy Chief Minister told in the meeting that he has given instructions to his subordinate Public Health Engineering Department, Public Works Department and Urban Administration Development Department to complete the important works immediately. Funds have been released for making the city clean and beautiful and for other works.
Deputy CM Saw said, orders have been given to repair the roads under PWD and instructions have been given to complete the work by the month of November by working at a fast pace. He said that after reviewing the works under Jal Jeevan Mission, work is being done to provide tap water to every home. Work is being done towards fulfilling the aspirations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. If found guilty in this scheme, action will be taken against the concerned. He said that our government is working towards the development of Chhattisgarh in the direction of “we have made it, we will improve it”.
Authority’s Vice President and Pathalgaon MLA Gomti Sai said that there is immense potential for tourism in Jashpur district and said that it was a good fortune to have the Authority’s meeting in Mayali. He said that starting the development works from North Region Surguja division through the authority will take Chhattisgarh towards development.
Agriculture Development and Farmers Welfare and Biotechnology Minister Ramvichar Netam said that the objective of organizing the meeting of the authority in Mayali is to identify and solve the problems of this area and to promote tourism. He said that the state can be developed by starting development works by making villages a unit. While giving information about the important products of Surguja division, he laid emphasis on promoting it. Minister Netam appealed to the members of the authority to also inform them about the problems of the ashrams and hostels of their area, so that those problems can be solved. In the meeting, Industry, Commerce and Labor Minister Lakhan Lal Dewangan organized the first meeting of the authority. Thanking the Chief Minister for doing so, he said that important work will be easily done in Surguja division through the meeting.
Health Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, Revenue Minister Tank Ram Verma, Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Rajwade, MP Raigarh Radheshyam Rathiya, MP Surguja Chintamani Maharaj, MLA Jashpur Raimuni Bhagat, MLA Lundra Pramod Minj, MLA Pratappur Shakuntala Singh Port, MLA Ambikapur were present in the meeting. Rajesh Aggarwal, MLA Bharatpur Sohat Renuka Singh, Bhaiya Lal Rajwade and District Panchayat Presidents gave information about the problems related to their respective areas and demanded their solution. The Chief Minister has given instructions to resolve all the demands.
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