Bhupesh Baghel visited Manganar Gauthan in Bakavand development block of Bastar district today. They observed various livelihood activities conducted by self-help groups there and sought information from women about their work. The Chief Minister reviewed the community fence, mushroom production unit, nursery, vermicompost production, West decompost production unit, cow dung pot and diya construction, earthworm manure, beekeeping, fisheries and poultry farming activities in Gauthan. He performed Govardhan Puja in Gauthan and also had lunch with women of self-help groups there. On arrival at Manganar Gowthan, the Chief Minister was greeted with a traditional Gedi dance and a turban.
. Baghel took information from public representatives, women of self-help groups and villagers present in Gauthan for implementation of various schemes and programs of state government. He asked about Universal Public Distribution System (PDS), 50 percent rebate in electricity bill, distribution of forest rights, purchase and payment of paddy on support price, cow dung and construction and operation of villages in villages. He told during the discussion with the local farmers that in the coming time the state government will also purchase kodo-kutki at the support price. The Chief Minister said that during the period of lockdown, there is good procurement of forest produce. Various types of self-employment by women in the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, Godhan Nyaya Yojana and Gowthan have strengthened the rural economy.
Addressing the people in Manganar Gauthan, President of Bastar Region Tribal Development Authority, Mr. Lakeshwar Baghel said that many new initiatives have been taken by the government to increase the income of villagers and economic empowerment of villages. Chhattisgarh is the first state in the country to buy cow dung from farmers and livestock farmers. Large-scale individual and collective forest rights leases have been distributed to increase people’s income in forest areas. Bastar MP Shri Deepak Badge said in his address that Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel is visiting the representatives of different societies continuously after visiting the problems of different areas. During this time, he is also offering many development works. He said that the development of entire Bastar will take place only with the development of each poor and tribal family of Bastar. To increase the income of tendupatta collecting families, the government has increased the collection rate per standard bag from Rs. 2.5 thousand to Rs. Four thousand. Innovative steps like returning land of farmers in Lohandiguda have also been taken in the interest of local people.
