Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday gave many gifts to the residents of Garhwa district. The CM laid the foundation stone of the new Collectorate Building and Birsa Munda Memorial-cum-Helipad Development and Reception Building at Kalyanpur. Along with this, the newly built Indira Priyadarshini Clock tower at Ranka More and the life-size statue of former Prime Minister of the country late Indira Gandhi was unveiled.
In a function organised on the occasion, the CM handed over appointment letters to the newly recruited personnel and distributed assets among the beneficiaries. On this occasion, the CM said that districts like Palamu and Garhwa come under the shadow area. In such a situation, the government is preparing a special action plan to provide drinking water and irrigation facilities through door-to-door taps.
The CM said that the government has managed to control Corona with people’s cooperation and better management. However, the threat of corona is not over yet. But, in the midst of all this, the government has started an initiative to normalize life and accelerate the pace of development with full caution and vigilance.
Soren said that on the occasion of State Foundation Day, from November 15, ‘Aapke Adhikar- Aapki Sarkar -Aapke Dwar’ programme is being run at village and panchayat level in the entire State. Through this, work is being done to solve people’s problems and connect them with development plans. He asked people to join this campaign and participate in the development of the State. He said that the development of the State will happen only when the hands of the people here are strong.
The CM made people aware of the various welfare and development schemes being run by the government and asked them to join. He said that 80 per cent of the population of Jharkhand lives in rural areas. Among them, tribals, Scheduled Castes, Minorities and Backward Classes have the highest number of people. The Government is making plans keeping in mind all the sections of the society. He said that many schemes like Chief Minister Employment Generation Scheme, Chief Minister Pashudhan Yojana, Dhoti Sari Yojana, Sukanya Yojana, Birsa Harit Gram Yojana, scheme for workers in the unorganized sector, loan waiver scheme for farmers, keeping in mind the expectations and needs of the people of the State.
The CM said that the government has started Palash brand to market the products manufactured by Sakhi Mandals. The government is working with a target to increase the turnover of products through the Palash brand to Rs 15 hundred crore in the next 1 year. He also said that the government has decided to give eggs to children 6 days a week to make Jharkhand malnutrition free. He asked the people to produce eggs. The government will buy it. He said that by taking the resources of Jharkhand to another State, the products manufactured from there are brought here and sold. It is our endeavor that this is the only use of our resources. Products from these resources should be manufactured here, which will be promoted by the Government.
The CM presented appointment letters to 89 graduate trained teachers on the occasion. At the same time, assets were distributed among the beneficiaries of Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana, Phoolo Jhano Ashirwad Yojana, Milk Cow Scheme, Universal Pension Scheme. He gave a check of Rs 6 crore to Sakhi Mandals under Cash Credit Linkage Scheme and Rs 5 crore 17 lakh 75 thousand under Community Investment Fund Scheme. Apart from this, Shailendra Pathak for outstanding work in the field of sports, Priyanka Kumari, Deepak Kumar and Anu Priyadarshi, who won gold medals in traditional wrestling competition, and Shri Hiraman Korwa, the author of Korba language dictionary, were honored.
On this occasion, local MLA and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Mithilesh Kumar Thakur, Agriculture Minister Badal, Deputy Inspector General of Police Rajkumar Lakra and Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Garhwa district were present along with many officers of the district administration.
