RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said that a new industrial policy has been formulated to provide benefits to the people of the state, for which capital investment of 47,000crore will be invested which will give direct job opportunities to 67,000 people and indirectly lakhs would benefit.
In the 19th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Lokvaani’ that was aired by All India Radio on Sunday, chief minister Baghel said that all-round development in every sector of Chhattisgarh is the priority of his government. The last two and a half years have made this new form of development more evident and visible in the state. We are building a “New Chhattisgarh” with the resolution of “Yeh baat hai Abhimaan ki, Chhattisgarhiya Swabhimaan ki”.
“We have started establishing food parks in every development block. Infrastructure development for food park has already been started in Sukma. In Durg district, we are setting up a large unit for processing forest produce at a cost of 78 crore. We have collaborated with private companies to establish a dozen other such units at different places,” said Baghel
Addressing people on the topic “New Era of Development”, he said that we are glad to have the opportunity to meet people’s expectations and fulfill their dreams.
Baghel said that our top priority is to link Narva-Garva-Ghurua-Bari with the all-round development, rural economy and identity of Chhattisgarh. When there was economic downturn in the country and the world, Chhattisgarh was performing well right from the auto-mobile to the bullion market. Our factories and industries continued to operate and Gauthan too contributed in keeping the rural economy on track.
Baghel said that our aim is to make life easier for the people living in rural areas, forest zones, settlements, towns and cities of the state. “In the next two years, we are building thousands of roads and culverts at a cost of 16,000 crore. In the year 2020-21, nearly 4,228 km of roads were built in the state under the 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana'.”
Chief Minister Baghel said that if electricity is generated from coal of Chhattisgarh, then the public should share its profit directly. This is the reason why we have implemented Bijli Bill Half Scheme for domestic electricity consumers. Under this scheme, more than 39 lakh consumers of the state have been given the benefits of 1, 822crore in the last 27 months.
Under this scheme, 400 units of electricity per month is being provided free of cost to every domestic consumer without any discrimination. Besides, free electricity of up to 5 horse power is being provided to about 6 lakh farmers and 30 units per month to 18 lakh BPL families.
By the year 2023, every house in rural areas of the state will have tap connection for clean drinking water supply, he said.
