CM Nitish Kumar Reviews Developmental Projects in Nawada, Highlights Progress and Future Plans

Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar today held a review meeting in Vikas Bhawan Auditorium, Nawada regarding the developmental schemes going on in Nawada district in the fourth phase of Pragati Yatra.

In the review meeting, Nawada District Magistrate Shri Ravi Prakash gave detailed information about the development works of the district through presentation. The District Magistrate gave detailed information to the Chief Minister regarding Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme, Chief Minister Nishchay Self Help Allowance Scheme, Kushal Yuva Program, tap water to every house and their maintenance, paved lane drain to every house, Chief Minister Rural Solar Street Light Scheme, irrigation water to every farm, construction of agricultural feeder, Chief Minister Agricultural Electricity Connection Scheme, Chief Minister Udyami Yojana, encouragement to women for higher education, medical consultation through telemedicine in health sub-center, health door step delivery of veterinary services and updated status of construction of Panchayat Government Building.

Apart from this, the District Magistrate gave detailed information to the Chief Minister regarding 10+2 schools in every Panchayat, formation of sports club to promote sports in Gram Panchayat/Nagar Panchayat, playground in every Panchayat, Chief Minister Gram Sampark Yojana (remaining), Chief Minister Gramin Setu Yojana, formation of self-help groups in urban and rural areas, transparency in revenue administration, updated status of public wells, ponds and ponds renovated under Dakhal Kharij/Parimarjan/Parimarjan Plus and Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali. In the review meeting, the public representatives also placed the problems of their respective areas before the Chief Minister.

Addressing the review meeting, the Chief Minister said that I congratulate and welcome all of you in this meeting. Nawada District Magistrate Shri Ravi Prakash has given information about the developmental works going on in the district, I thank him.

The public representatives present here have also put forth their views. Today we have visited many places and seen the development works. We will tell the officials to ensure further action keeping in mind whatever needs are there here. The districts visited during the Pragati Yatra and the announcements made during this time are being passed by the cabinet. In the course of the Pragati Yatra in the districts of North Bihar, a total of 188 schemes worth Rs 20 thousand crores were announced, out of which 121 schemes were approved by the Council of Ministers yesterday and 67 schemes have been approved at the department level.

Our aim is to make Bihar progress in every way. Remember the development work we have done in Bihar after the year 2005. We have been visiting the whole of Bihar from time to time since the beginning. When the program of Pragati Yatra was made, the officials gave information about the problems of all the districts and we asked them to work on it, work is being done on all those things. Development work has been done in every area, all of you must remember this.

The Chief Minister said that we started working for the development of Bihar from 24 November 2005, since then we have been continuously working to take Bihar forward. We have been working with the BJP since the beginning, in between we went there twice by mistake. Now we will always be with the BJP and together we will develop Bihar and the country.

We were ministers at the Centre in the government of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It was late Atal Bihari Vajpayee who made us the Chief Minister of Bihar. You all are aware of the condition of Bihar before 2005. People were afraid to step out of their homes after evening. There were frequent fights between Hindus and Muslims, which we ended. At that time there was no arrangement for treatment in hospitals, the roads were dilapidated. The condition of education was not good. There was a great shortage of roads. Patients did not get medicines in hospitals. When the people of Bihar gave us a chance to work, the condition of Bihar has changed since then. Development work is being done in every field. The atmosphere of fear and dread has now ended in Bihar. An atmosphere of peace and brotherhood prevails.

Earlier, the condition of electricity in Bihar was very pathetic. Electricity was almost non-existent in rural areas. From the year 2006, we started the work of fencing graveyards. So far, more than 8 thousand graveyards have been fenced, 1273 more graveyards have been identified, out of which 746 graveyards have been fenced and the remaining graveyards are being fenced. We saw that incidents of idol theft were taking place from temples, in view of this, we decided to build boundary walls of temples older than 60 years so that incidents of theft do not take place in temples. We have not left any work unfinished. We are getting a lot of support from the central government as well. Many development works are also being done with the support of the central government.

The Chief Minister said that from the year 2006, a dress scheme was started for children studying in government schools. Cycle scheme was started for girls from the year 2009 but when boys started demanding, cycle scheme was started for them also from the year 2010. Earlier very less number of girls used to go to school to study. When girls were given cycles, they started going to school on time. Along with this, girls also take their parents to the market in the evening. It feels very good to see this scene. The Chief Minister said that we are getting development work done in the whole of Bihar. No area of Bihar is untouched by development.

Even when I was an MP and a minister in the center, I had to walk in my area because the condition of the roads was bad. We have done the work of education, health, road, bridge construction on a large scale, due to which earlier people from any corner of Bihar used to reach Patna in 6 hours, now it has been reduced to 5 hours. Work is being done in every way for this. Employed teachers have been reinstated on a large scale in Bihar. Efforts have been made to improve the field of education by constructing school buildings. A large number of government teachers have been reinstated and are being reinstated further. Along with this, government recognition is being given to the appointed teachers through examination. Madrasas have also been given government recognition and the teachers teaching there are being given salary as per government teachers.

The Chief Minister said that before the year 2005, only 39 patients used to come to the Primary Health Centre in a month for treatment. We provided free medicine and treatment facilities in government hospitals, due to which now on an average more than 11 thousand patients are coming to the Primary Health Centre in a month for treatment.

Earlier there were only 6 government medical colleges in Bihar, now their number has increased to 12. Bihar's oldest hospital Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) is being made of 5400 bed capacity. The remaining 5 old medical colleges and hospitals are also being expanded to make them hospitals with a capacity of 2500 beds. IGIMS, Patna is also being expanded to make it a hospital with a capacity of 3000 beds. From the year 2015, through the Saat Nishchay Yojana, we have provided basic facilities like tap water to every house, construction of toilets in every house, construction of paved lanes and drains to every house, construction of paved roads to every hamlet, electricity connection to every house to the people.

These facilities are also being provided in the new settlements that have been built. People used to get many types of diseases due to open defecation, in view of this, community toilets were constructed for those families who did not have space to build toilets in their homes. From the year 2020, under the Saat Nishchay Yojana-2, the work of providing irrigation water to every farm, Chief Minister Rural Solar Street Light Scheme, Telemedicine, Bal Hriday Yojana is progressing rapidly.

The Chief Minister said that from the year 2006, 50 percent reservation was given to women in Panchayati Raj Institutions and from the year 2007 in municipal bodies. After this, a total of 4 elections have been completed so far. A large number of women have been elected. Earlier, the number of self-help groups in Bihar was very less.

When our government was formed in Bihar, we increased the number of self-help groups by taking a loan from the World Bank in 2006. Now the number of self-help groups in Bihar has increased to 10 lakh 61 thousand, with 1 crore 35 lakh Jeevika didis associated with them. We named the self-help groups as Jeevika, inspired by which the then central government also adopted it and named it Ajeevika. We named the women associated with Jeevika as Jeevika Didi. We have now started forming self-help groups in urban areas of Bihar as well. So far, 34 thousand self-help groups have been formed in urban areas, with 3 lakh 60 thousand Jeevika didis associated with them.

We decided to give 35 percent reservation to women in police recruitment from the year 2013, as a result of which the number of women in the Bihar Police Force is the highest in the country. The number of women in the Bihar Police is more than the number of women in the police force of any other state in the country. Since 2016, we have given 35 percent reservation to women in all government jobs.

The Chief Minister said that between the year 2005 and the year 2020, 8 lakh people were given government jobs. We had set a target of giving government jobs to 10 lakh people in the year 2020, which has been increased to 12 lakh. So far, more than 9 lakh people have been given government jobs. Apart from this, a target of giving employment to 10 lakh people was set. So far, employment has been provided to 24 lakh people. As per the target set in the year 2025, 12 lakh people will be given government jobs and 34 lakh people will be provided employment.

We have worked for the upliftment of all sections. After meeting with all the parties, caste-based census was conducted in Bihar, in which 94 lakh poor families have been identified, who belong to every caste. Such poor families are being given financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh per family so that they can earn their livelihood.