Raipur, Jul 17 (PTI) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday said no one can stop the development of Naxal-affected Bastar and every village in the region will become “achha gaon”.
The CM was referring to ‘Niyad Nellanar’ (which translates to ‘aapka achha gaon’ in Hindi) scheme of his government under which benefits of 52 schemes of 17 departments and 31 community facilities are being provided in villages falling within 5-kilometre radius of security camps.
He was interacting with a group of youths from Bijapur district of Bastar region at the state Legislative Assembly premises here, an official statement said, adding the tour was part of the Swami Vivekananda Yuva Protsahan Yojana.
“Every village in Bastar will become ‘your achha gaon’ (good village). Now no one can stop development of Bastar. The youth of Bastar today is full of self-belief,” Sai said while expressing strong confidence in the ongoing transformation of the region.
“CM Sai engaged in an open dialogue with the young visitors, most of whom hailed from various gram panchayats of Bijapur. He asked them what changes they had observed in the past 18 months. The students responded enthusiastically, citing new roads, improved electricity, and operational anganwadi centres as visible progress in their villages,” the release said.
The CM was particularly moved by the story of a young man who has completed his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Zoology and is now serving as a ‘panch’ in his village, the release said.
His friend, also a ‘panch’, accompanied him, resulting in Sai praising their spirit and assured full government support for their efforts, the release added.
During the interaction, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma asked the students about how many of them use Instagram, resulting in many raising their hands.
“It looks like even Bastar’s children are becoming hi-tech,” Sharma said, which drew hearty laughs from the gathering.
“Under the Swami Vivekananda Yuva Protsahan Yojana, around 100 youths from Bijapur’s gram panchayats which are availing benefits under Niyad Nellanar scheme are currently on an educational tour of the capital. As part of the itinerary, they visited the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly,” the release said.
State forest minister Kedar Kashyap as well as MLAs Kiran Deo, Sampat Agrawal, and Ishwar Sahu were present.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and CM Sai have repeatedly declared that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government is committed to eradicate Naxalism by March 31, 2026. PTI TKP BNM
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