Kondagaon. Commerce and Industry Minister and Minister-in-charge of Kondagaon district Lakhanlal Devangan, who visited the district for the first time, reviewed the development works of the district. He told the officers that for the overall development of the district, the officers of all departments should perform coordinated responsibilities. Any kind of negligence in the development works of the district will not be tolerated and action will be taken against the concerned. Minister Devangan reviewed the works related to the National Highway and especially taking cognizance of the condition of Keshkal Ghat, directed the officers to ensure the repair of the Keshkal Ghat road, so that the journey of the common people is safe and smooth.

Minister Lakhanlal said, the solution of public problems should be ensured on priority. He discussed various issues in the meeting and gave strict instructions to the officials. During this, he reviewed other important schemes including Jal Jeevan Mission, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, power system, agriculture, minerals, forest and urban development.

Minister-in-charge Lakhanlal Devangan reviewed the works related to the National Highway and especially taking cognizance of the condition of Keshkal Ghat, directed the officials to ensure the repair of Keshkal Ghat road, so that the travel of common people is safe and smooth. He took information about the works being done in the district under Jal Jeevan Mission and directed the officials to identify the problems related to water supply schemes and solve them on priority. He also asked to ensure that the availability of pure drinking water to the common citizens is ensured on a regular basis from the water supply scheme. He directed to complete the work on the ongoing schemes at the earliest.

While reviewing the electricity system of the district, Minister-in-charge Devangan directed the officials to resolve the problems related to power supply immediately. He stressed on ensuring that farmers and other citizens get electricity regularly without any interruption. He expressed satisfaction over the progress of housing construction work under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and directed to complete the remaining houses as soon as possible.

During the meeting, MP Bastar Mahesh Kashyap stressed on ensuring quality construction works in accordance with technical parameters. MLA Kondagaon Lata Usendi said that the works of Jal Jeevan Mission should be completed soon. During this, MLA Keshkal Neelkanth Tekam stressed on the repair of solar lights installed under urban bodies.

Collector Kunal Dudawat gave detailed information about the development works and implementation of public welfare schemes in the district in the meeting and said that pure drinking water is being successfully provided in 77 villages of Kondagaon block of the district under Jal Jeevan Mission. Under the mission, a target of 1,26,713 tap connections has been set in the district, out of which 98,427 connections have been completed so far. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, 15,994 houses have been sanctioned in the district, out of which construction of 11,523 houses has been completed.

During the meeting, the works of Mineral Trust Fund, Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam, schemes of Women and Child Development Department, delimitation of Nagar Palika Parishad and Nagar Panchayat and progress of construction of urban housing were also reviewed. District public representatives, Superintendent of Police Y Akshay Kumar and district level officers of various departments were present in the meeting.

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