Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai launched the Chief Minister’s Food Fund Scheme

Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai today inaugurated and performed Bhoomi Pujan of 1614 development and construction works costing Rs 536 crore 14 lakh in a program organized at PG College Ground, Ambikapur and said that this will accelerate the development of Surguja district. On this occasion, the Chief Minister announced to give Rs 23.90 crore for infrastructure development in Ambikapur Municipal Corporation area. He also announced to develop Super Specialty Hospital Ambikapur on the lines of DKS Raipur and to name the University Engineering College as Government Engineering College.
On this occasion, Chief Minister Shri Sai launched the Chief Minister Anna Kosh Yojana with the aim of providing additional nutritional food to pregnant and lactating mothers of the special backward tribe Pahari Korwa community in Surguja district. This scheme has been started as a pilot project by the District Administration Surguja. This will help in reducing maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate in the Pahari Korwa community. Chief Minister Shri Sai also released the career directory prepared by the district administration.

On this occasion, Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai, while paying obeisance to Maa Mahamaya, congratulated the people of the district for the development work and said that Ambikapur is included in the most beautiful and clean cities not only in Chhattisgarh but also in the country. All this has been possible due to the contribution of the officers and employees of the Municipal Corporation, our Safai Mitras and Swachhata Didi. I would also like to give credit to the citizens of Ambikapur, with whose cooperation Ambikapur has remained clean and beautiful.

The Chief Minister further said that the public has put their faith in the guarantee of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Chhattisgarh government is completing one year on 13 December. In this short span of one year, the government has tried to complete the big works of Modi’s guarantee. In the last five years, houses of poor needy families, who were deprived of Prime Minister’s housing, are being approved and constructed. The government is purchasing 21 quintals of paddy per acre. The government is committed to give the price of paddy to farmers at Rs 3100 per quintal.

The Chief Minister said that more than 70 lakh mothers and sisters are being benefited through the Mahtari Vandan Yojana. The remuneration for tendu leaves is now Rs. 5500 per standard sack. More than 20 thousand devotees have got the privilege of visiting Ayodhya Dham and seeing Lord Shri Ram through the Shri Ram Lala Darshan Yatra Yojana. As promised, we have worked to bring transparency in the PSC examination. The CBI is investigating the corruption in the PSC recruitment process last year. Deputy Chief Minister Shri Saw also addressed the program and congratulated the people of Surguja on the inauguration and Bhoomi Pujan of the development works of the district.

On this occasion, Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai visited the stalls of government departments set up there. During this, he also distributed material and money to the beneficiaries under various government schemes. On this occasion, the Chief Minister honored volunteer Smt. Bani Mukherjee, Mitanin Smt. Parimania Yadav, Anganwadi worker Smt. Pramila Tirki and Smt. Puro Bai, Swachhata Didi Smt. Sunita Sarkheli, Mandal Coordinator of Lundra Shri Raghunath Prasad, lecturer Smt. Leena Thomas for their remarkable work.  

Public Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Minister Mr. Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Department Minister Mrs. Laxmi Rajwade, Surguja MP Mr. Chintamani Maharaj, Ambikapur MLA Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Lundra MLA Mr. Prabodh Minj, Sitapur MLA Mr. Ramkumar Toppo, Pratappur MLA Mrs. Shakuntala Porte, Samari MLA Mrs. Pankra, Chhattisgarh State Youth Commission Chairman Mr. Vishwavijay Singh Tomar and other public representatives were present in the program.