NAGAR SURAAJ CAMPAIGN

Dr.Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh State initially introduced and implemented an annual campaign in the name of “Grama Suraaj” for the last several years. Looking to the declining sympathy and support to his political party viz., BJP in the urban areas, he has announced a new scheme in July 2011 in the name of 'Nagar Suraaj' campaign. He intends to start this campaign from December 18, 2011, on the day of Guru Ghasidas Jayanthi. It will go upto December 24, 2011. He is planning to visit personally several municipal wards in urban areas and listen to the problems of town dwellers and solve them. His plan is to introduce Saraswathi Cycle Distribution scheme to the girl students studying 9th & 10th classes from the BPL families including those from SC & ST communities. Dr.Raman Singh will address civic problems like power supply, drinking water, sanitation, school, Anganwadi, fair price shops social security, old age pension, National Health Insurance Scheme, Building construction, Registration of births & deaths and other general basic needs of the urban dwellers. Information will also be gathered on the maintenance of water tank, roads, drainage along with education, health and mutation of land records, Licenses and No Objection Certificates. He also intends to make plans and formulate programmes for implementation of civic amenities in these areas. It may be noted that there are 168 Towns with 3084 Wards for whom the selected Government employees will be deployed in this campaign.

Apart from stock-taking on different aspects and tasks of civic administration, the head of the government and his government machinery are expected to get enlightened on future course of action. Let us wish them all the best. Such campaigns will bear no fruit unless the machinery is dedicated to the task at hand.