Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today unveiled a total of 25 schemes costing Rs 8328.82 crore from the venue held at Powergrid at Sirsia Parsahi in Madhubani district and inaugurated and founded the foundation stone through remote. This includes inauguration of a total of 9 developmental schemes at a cost of Rs 81.74 crore and the foundation stone of 16 schemes worth Rs 8247.08 crore. This includes the foundation stone of the schemes declared for the development of the district during Pragati Yatra. In today’s program, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of expansion, renewal and modernization work (Part A) of an important West Kosi Canal Project costing Rs 7832.29 crore. Farmers of 20 blocks of Madhubani district and 16 blocks of Darbhanga district will benefit from its construction. With these schemes, development works in the district will get new pace and direction, which will improve the standard of living of the people and they will get direct benefits.
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After this, the Chief Minister interacted with other beneficiaries including pensioners, Jeevika Didis, Anganwadi Sevika/Sahayika and other beneficiaries at a dialogue program organized at the Power Grid ground at Sirsia Parsahi. The people present there thanked the Chief Minister and said that under the Social Security Pension Scheme, the pension amount of all the elderly, disabled and widow women has been increased from Rs 400 to Rs 1100. Apart from this, the daily allowance of home guards was increased from Rs 774 to Rs 1121, honorarium of Anganwadi servant increased from Rs 7 thousand to 9 thousand rupees, honorarium of Anganwadi assistant increased from Rs 4 thousand to Rs 4500, honorarium of school night watchdog from Rs 5 thousand to Rs 10 thousand, honorarium of farmers advisors has been increased from Rs 13 thousand to Rs 21 thousand. The honorarium of ASHA workers has also been increased. All of us are very happy with this. We are benefiting greatly by making 125 units of electricity free to domestic consumers. We are using the savings amount from this in other development works. Jeevika Didis thanked the Chief Minister by appreciating the development works being done for them. The Chief Minister told Jeevika Didis that all of you people are doing a very good job. Similarly, keep working with full height and move forward. The government will help all possible. He told the people present that you guys should be together well and contribute to your important contribution in advancing Bihar. The Chief Minister also planted trees on the occasion.
In the program, Water Resources cum Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shri Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Transport Minister Smt. Sheela Kumari, Rajya Sabha MP cum JDU Executive National President Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jha, MP Mr. Rampreet Mandal, other public representatives, Principal Secretary of Water Resources Department Mr. Santosh Kumar Mall, Special Affairs Officer of Chief Minister Mr. Gopal Singh, Chief Minister’s Special Affairs Officer Mr. Gopal Singh, Bihar State Path Vikas Nigam Limited President cum Managing Corporation Limited President cum Managing Director of Managing Corporation Limited, Mr. Sir Managing Director of Managing Director, Mr. Sri Kishore Ashok Ashok Kishore, Commissioner of Shri Kishore Ashok Kishore, Darbhanga Promotion Deputy Inspector General of Police Mrs. Swapna Gautam Meshram, District Magistrate of Madhubani, Mr. Anand Sharma, Superintendent of Police of Madhubani, Mr. Yogendra Kumar and other senior officers, beneficiaries, dignitaries and large number of people were present.
Dialogue program organized with NDA workers also attended
Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar attended the activist dialogue program held today at the Power Grid ground at Sirsia Parsahi in Madhubani district. Addressing the workers, the Chief Minister said that today I have got a chance to visit Madhubani and talk to you for the site tour and foundation stone of the schemes announced during Pragati Yatra. It is very happy that all of you are present in this activist dialogue. I greet you You all know that the earlier government did not do any work. Earlier, Bihar had a very bad condition. When the NDA government was formed on November 24, 2005, we have been engaged in the development of Bihar. There is a rule of law in the state, there is rapid development in all areas.
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The Chief Minister said that on November 24, 2005, the government of us was formed, since then there is a rule of law in the state and we have been engaged in development work for 20 consecutive years. Remember, what was the situation before? Was very bad condition at first? People did not take them out of the house after evening. There was so much dispute in the society. How much Hindu-Muslim quarrel was there? What was the condition of studies, very few children used to study, very few studies were done. Earlier there was no complete treatment. The roads were very low and what was in bad condition. Electricity was very few space.
The Chief Minister said that the development work of Bihar is being done from the beginning. There is no atmosphere of any kind of fear and fear. There is an atmosphere of love, brotherhood and peace in the state. The siege of the cemetery has been started from the year 2006 itself. Celebrations have been sieged on a large scale. Now there is no quarrel. From the year 2016, Hindu temples older than 60 years are being siege, so that there are no incidents of theft etc. Special attention has been given in the field of education and health. We opened a large number of new schools and reinstated employed teachers. To promote education, dress and bicycle scheme for boys and girls were run. Recently, 2 lakh 58 thousand government teachers have been reinstated by Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). In this, 28 thousand 976 employed teachers, government teachers of the former became government teachers. Then the government decided that employed teachers do not need to take BPSC examination. He should be made a government teacher by taking a minor exam. For this, they were decided to give 5 opportunities. Under this, 3 examinations have been conducted so far. In which 2 lakh 62 thousand employed teachers have passed. Now only 77 thousand employed teachers have survived. After this, 2 more opportunities will be given. Now the number of government teachers in total has increased to 5 lakh 20 thousand.