Chief Minister participated in the Sopan program of Urban Development: Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai handed over compassionate appointment letters to 103 family members
Foundation stone of 813 works worth Rs 155 crore 38 lakh and inauguration of 70 works worth Rs 15 crore 25 lakh in various urban bodies
14 urban bodies of the state honored for doing excellent work in Clean Toilet Campaign
Chief Minister announced an increase of Rs 800 in the honorarium of Swachhta Didi: Now Swachhta Didi will get 8 thousand rupees honorarium every month
Raipur, 20 January 2025: With the blessings of Maryada Purushottam Lord Shri Ram, Chhattisgarh is rapidly moving towards becoming a developed state. It has been only thirteen months for our government. Meanwhile, we have done many important works of public service with sensitivity for good governance. He said that with the formation of the government, we have made continuous efforts to improve the standard of living of people in urban and rural areas along with the development of all sections. This has led to development of infrastructure, sanitation, clean drinking water and health facilities in cities and rural areas. Our first year was dedicated to the development of socially and economically backward people. The state has established new dimensions of development. We are continuously working for the welfare of all sections. Our government has fulfilled most of the guarantees of the successful Prime Minister Narendra Modi within a year. Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai said this while addressing the ‘Urban Development ke Sopan’ program organized at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Auditorium.
The Chief Minister said that if there are public representatives with development thinking from the head of the country, the Prime Minister to the village sarpanch, then Chhattisgarh will definitely develop all-round with the basic mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas. He said that there should be coordinated development of village and urban areas, for this adequate availability of human resources is necessary. There was a long standing demand for compassionate appointment in urban bodies. We have also approved new posts for this after considering it with sensitivity. In the Urban Development Sopan program, we have just distributed orders for compassionate appointment on 103 posts today. Our effort is to increase employment opportunities in the state and make more and more youth self-reliant. Our government has approved 353 posts for compassionate appointment in the Urban Administration and Development Department and various urban bodies. The Chief Minister said that the foundation stone of 813 works worth Rs 155 crore 38 lakh and the inauguration of 70 works worth Rs 15 crore 25 lakh have just taken place here in various urban bodies. We have also laid the foundation stone of water supply schemes to be built at a cost of Rs 270 crore under Amrit Mission-2.0 in 6 urban bodies Takhatpur, Ratanpur, Bhanupratapur, Chhuriya, Malhar and Khongapani here. 20 thousand 511 private tap connections will be given in these urban bodies. With this, the resolution of the successful Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide clean drinking water to every household is going to take a concrete shape.
With everyone’s participation in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, urban areas are getting great success. To encourage cleanliness, we are also honoring those who do excellent work from time to time. Similarly, today we are honoring 14 urban bodies of the state who have done excellent work in the Clean Toilet Campaign under Mission Clean City. Ambikapur, Chhura, Chhuriya, Dongargarh, Korba, Mahasamund, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, Mandir Hasaud and Chandkhuri etc. urban bodies are being awarded today. We ourselves are also feeling proud by honoring them. The Chief Minister said that Swachhta Didis have a big contribution in cleanliness and door-to-door garbage collection in cities. It is only due to their dedication and hard work that the Swachhta Mission is becoming successful. Honoring Swachhta Didis encourages their contribution. We ourselves are also feeling honored by honoring them. At present, more than 9 thousand Swachhta Didis are working in the urban bodies of the state under the Swachh Bharat Mission. They are given an honorarium of Rs 7200. I am very happy to inform that the honorarium of Swachhta Didi is being increased by Rs 800 today. Now Swachhta Didi will get an honorarium of Rs 8 thousand every month.
The Chief Minister said that it is the dream of our illustrious Prime Minister Narendra Modi that no Indian will sleep under the open sky. Every citizen will have a permanent house. As per the guarantee of Modi ji, as soon as our government was formed in Chhattisgarh on 13 December, we took the first decision in the first cabinet meeting on 14 December 2023 to approve 18 lakh Pradhan Mantri Awas. We are getting full support in the double engine government for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Recently, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan gave us the gift of a large number of Pradhan Mantri Awas in Durg. He has also approved 3 lakh additional houses for the next financial year. Survey work has started in the Pradhan Mantri Awas 2024 Plus Scheme. Now those people who have two-wheelers will also get its benefit. Those who have irrigated land up to two and a half acres and non-irrigated land up to five acres will also get the benefit of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Those whose monthly income is up to 15 thousand rupees will also get the benefit of the scheme. For this, the Government of India has arranged for online and easy survey. Now you can get eligibility related registration done through mobile app while sitting at home.
He said that at present a grand Maha Kumbh is being organized in Prayagraj. This auspicious coincidence has happened after 144 years. Our government has made special arrangements at the fair site so that the pilgrims of Chhattisgarh also take advantage of it. All the devotees from our state are going to Maha Kumbh. There is a good arrangement of stay for them there. Arrangements have also been made for food and breakfast. We are inviting all of you to take bath in Maha Kumbh. Modi ji’s guarantee is that our government has made arrangements to give 10 thousand rupees to more than five lakh landless laborers of the state under Deendayal Upadhyay Bhumihin Shramik Yojana. A large number of mothers and sisters are present in today’s program. This is proof that every month one thousand rupees is coming in their account. This has strengthened women empowerment.
Addressing the program, Deputy Chief Minister Arun Saw said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai, there is a working and good governance government in Chhattisgarh. No one needs to be disappointed in Vishnu’s good governance. The Urban Administration Department is working towards providing clean drinking water to about four lakh population in 23 urban bodies of the state under Mission Amrit 2.0. Under this, water supply projects worth Rs 1154 crore are being implemented in a planned manner in Mana Camp, Kumhari, Mandir Hasaud, Sukma and Kondagaon Municipal Corporations and Samoda, Chandkhuri, Kunra, Nagari, Aamdi, Phingeshwar, Gunderdehi, Arjunda, Bodri, Rahod, Kharod, Shivrinarayan, Saria, Premnagar, Bhatgaon, Jhagrakhand, Kunkuri and Narharpur Nagar Panchayats. Forest Minister and Minister in charge of Raipur district Kedar Kashyap said in his address that the Ganga of development is continuously flowing in the urban areas of the state. Revenue Minister Tankaram Verma, MLAs Rajesh Munat, Dharmjeet Singh, Sunil Soni, Motilal Sahu, Purandar Mishra, Guru Khuswant Saheb, Anuj Sharma and Indrakumar Sahu, Secretary of Urban Administration and Development Department Dr. Basavaraju S., Director R. Many public representatives including Ekka and senior officers of the Urban Administration Department were present in the program.