CM inaugurates newly-constructed‘Atal Parisar’ in 115 civic bodies of CG

 

 

 

CHIEF Minister Vishnu Deo Sai inaugurated newly-constructed ‘Atal Parisar’ in 115 civic bodies of the State on the occasion of 101st birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, on Thursday. He unveiled the statue of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee installed at Fundhar Chowk on Atal Expressway in the capital city Raipur.

 

He virtually inaugurated the Atal Parisar built in other 114 urban bodies across the State. Speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Dr Raman Singh, Technical Education Minister Guru Khushwant Saheb and others were present. Chief Minister Sai inaugurated and performed bhoomipujan of 23 works approved at a cost of Rs 186.98 crore under Raipur Municipal Corporation area in a programme organised at Fundhar Sports Ground. Foundation stones for 17 works worth Rs 185.49 crore were laid while six works worth Rs 1.49 crore were inaugurated.

 

A coffee table book based on Atal Parisar published by the Department of Administration and Development was also released. During the programme, building construction permits were distributed to five beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0 and cheques of Rs 50,000 each were distributed to five women beneficiaries under PM Svanidhi Yojana. He said that 1023 houses have been approved in Raipur under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) 2.0. BJP State President and MLA Kiran Singh Deo, MLA Motilal Sahu, Mayor Meenal Choubey and Secretary of Urban Administration and Development Department Basavaraju S also addressed the programme.

 

Atal Parisar is being constructed in 192 civic bodies of the State at a cost of Rs 46.87 crore. Raipur Lok Sabha Member Brijmohan Agrawal, MLAs Rajesh Munat, Sunil Soni, Purandar Mishra, Indrakumar Sahu, Anuj Sharma, Chairman of State Civil Supplies Corporation Sanjay Shrivastava, Chairman of Raipur Development Authority Nandkumar Sahu, Chief Executive Officer of State Urban Development Agency Shashank Pandey and others were present.