CHHATTISGARH

Along the lines of Sevagram village model developed in Maharashtra’s Wardha, Chhattisgarh government will develop a ‘Sevagram village’ in Naya Raipur. For this, 76.5 acres of land has been earmarked.

The project will seek to work as the vision of Mahatma Gandhi‘s Gram Swaraj. A ‘second Home‘ for the elderly and a school for the underprivileged will also be set up in Sevagram, said Baghel.

In order to foster the values, principles, ideals of freedom struggle and Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of Gram-Swaraj intact, a Sevagram will be established in Naya Raipur along the lines of Sevagram ashram developed in Wardha in 1936.

The site also has two canals in an area of about five acres. Sevagram will be set up in the remaining 75 acres of land. Sewagram will be developed in such a way that there is a glimpse of the traditional rural building style of Chhattisgarh. Locally available construction materials will be used. The roads inside the ashram will also be in harmony with the rural Environment. The entire area will be full of greenery till the service village.

This has been made possible through Safai Mitra, the Women of Suraj Self-Help Group in Gamharia who go door-to-door to collect garbage. Villagers now call them respectfully as ‘Swachchta Didi’, an official Communication said on Tuesday.

The group has made garbage disposal and Waste Management an additional source of earning. In the last one year, they earned Rs 63,000.

Solid waste such as polythene, packing wrappers of food items, plastic items, iron scrap and glass are sold after segregation, said Sunita Kujur, secretary of the SHG. She said 12 women have been working for the group since July 2020.

The evaluation reflects broader thinking and quality in higher Education.

Addressing officers of the Higher Education Department, college principals, professors and non-TEACHING staff, Patel said all the colleges of the state should be graded by 2022, an official Communication said.

As part of the process, seminars and training on NAAC evaluation is being done to the staff of all government colleges through virtual mode, he said.

The Higher Education department has constituted a three-tier monitoring team at the Directorate, University and District level. Of the 170 qualified colleges in the state, 25 have submitted the Self Study Report (SSR).

Substance abuse and addiction are pressing issues in the state that have been ruining lives, especially affecting the younger generation.

Amid the pressure of delivering 2018 poll promise, the chief minister has directed chief secretary to call for collaborations from social organisations and others fighting against addiction in the country.
Emphasizing over development of a detailed action plan following consultation with prominent figures and organizations actively involved in drug de-addiction efforts nationwide, chief minister directedSocial Welfare Departmentto present a comprehensive plan for de-addiction awareness campaign within one month.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed happiness over the success of Women entrepreneurs.

He made the remark while inspecting the Rural Industrial Park in Kadar village in the Bhatapara assembly constituency.

Baghel inspected various livelihood-oriented activities there.

Women from self-help groups told the Chief Minister that RIPA had given them the confidence to go after different sources of income with ease.

The they earn helped them to become financially strong.

Itara Dhiwar of the Om Sai Ram Self-Help Group, which runs a spice unit, informed the Chief Minister that they have sold chili spice worth Rs 50,000.

Members of the group are also involved in manufacturing vermicompost, which they have sold for Rs. 1.20 lakh. There are 11 members in the group.

Pooja Sahu from the Maa Saraswati Self-Help Group, overseeing the incense sticks unit, has sold products worth Rs 80,000, with a production cost of around Rs 10,000.

Sangeeta Banjare of the Satnam Mahila Self-Help Group has sold 50,000 bundles of dona pattal. The manufacturing expenditure was Rs 20,000 and the profit Rs 30,000.

During his telephonic discussion on Sunday to discuss the corona situation, Modi had assured Baghel that he will consider his request to allow the use of Oxygen in Chhattisgarh in 80:20 (medical and industrial) ratio. Baghel spoke over the telephone with Goyal over the issue and was asked by the Minister to send a proposal. In a letter, the Chief Minister said the total daily oxygen production capacity of various units in Chhattisgarh is 462 tonnes.

Under normal circumstances, oxygen is supplied to the steel makers in the state by the oxygen manufacturers. But due to corona cases, the Centre has banned the industrial use of oxygen. The Chief Minister mentioned that oxygen producing units are suffering due to lack of demand for oxygen while the steel making units in the state are shut due to lack of oxygen.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on April 20 will virtually launch the Mukhyamantri Chhattisgarhi Parv Samman Nidhi Yojana across the state for non-scheduled areas.

The scheme aims to protect festivals, traditions and culture of village areas in community development blocks.

He had earlier launched the Mukhyamantri Adivasi Parab Samman Nidhi Yojana on April 13 at the Bharosa Sammelan in Jagdalpur in the presence of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, an official Communication said.

That was exclusively for the Scheduled areas.

Under the scheme, each village Panchayat will get Rs 10,000 in two installments with a view to preserve all the local festivals and cultural traditions. The unit of the scheme will be the Panchayat.

Under non-scheduled areas, 61 development blocks exist which and cover 6,111 Panchayats.

Chhattisgarhs total Covid-related fatalities and deaths linked to various comorbidities since the outbreak of the virus have breached 5,900-mark. 170 Covid deaths were reported on Sunday alone, which is the highest single day death toll reported during the last 24 hours.

Based on the positivity rate of 30% in Chhattisgarh, the state’s Health minister had already said that the state’s active tally is likely to increase to 2,00,000 from 1,38,000, till April end.

To create 12 to 15 lakh new EMPLOYMENT opportunities in the next five years, the government on Saturday decided to form a Chhattisgarh Employment Mission.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will be its Chairman, Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain its Vice President while the Chief Executive Officer will be Principal Secretary Alok Shukla, an official Communication said.

In the last three years, many innovative programmes have been started to generate employment in all the districts.

These include Chhattisgarh Herbals, Godhan Nyay Mission, Tea-Coffee Board, giving Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture status to and lac production, rural industrial parks, the Millet Mission and commercial plantation.

Still more opportunities have to be tapped.