State will have 4 more districts
Team News Riveting
Raipur, August 15
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the fight against the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the state had received encouraging results.
“We inherited the Maoist problem but the efforts of the state government in the last quarter to three years has brought an overall development,” Baghel said in his Independence Day address to the state. The Chief Minister unfurled the National Tri-Colour at the police parade ground to mark the 75th Independence Day.
In a move that would further strengthen the combat against the rebels, Baghel announced to recruit 2800 jawans in the Bastar Fighters Battalion, which comprises local youths who are familiar with the Maoists’ tactics and terrains. The state government had been building 63 new police stations in the interior areas while a work plan for modernising the security forces had been approved.
The other major announcements include removal of age limit had been removed for seeking admission in the colleges, creating 2500 jobs in the state power companies, recruiting 14580 school teachers, including 1440 physical training instructors (sports teachers) and to develop a garden to be known as ‘Minimata Park’ exclusively for the women in every district headquarter and the municipal corporation of the state.
Baghel also announced the creation of four new districts along with 18 tehsils in a major move to decentralise the power. The Chief Minister said his priority had been that the administrative services reached near the common man. “During eight months of becoming Chief Minister, I announced the formation of Gaurela-Pendra district and ensured it came into existence within six months,” Baghel said.
He announced the new districts of Manendragarh, Mohla-Manpur, Sakti and Sarangarh-Bilaigarh. Chhattisgarh, which came into being in November 2000, would now have 32 districts.
