CM Nitish Kumar Reviews ₹554 Crore Development Projects in Aurangabad
Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar held a review meeting today in the Yojana Bhawan auditorium located in the Samahanalaya regarding the developmental schemes going on in Aurangabad district in the course of Pragati Yatra.
In the review meeting, Aurangabad District Magistrate Shri Shrikant Shastri gave detailed information through presentation of the updated status of the development works going on in the district. 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 lanes and drains 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, 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 Rural Bridge Scheme, 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 of Aurangabad district 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. District Magistrate of Aurangabad Shri Srikant Shastri has informed us all about the progress and updated status of the development works going on in the district, I thank him. The public representatives present here have also put forward their views. Which have been noted by the officials. I would like that the concerned department ensures necessary action on the information given by the public representatives regarding the problems. Today we have visited many places in Aurangabad district and seen the development work.
The Chief Minister said that on 24 November 2005, we started working for the development of Bihar along with the BJP, since then we are continuously engaged in taking Bihar forward. It was the respected Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji who made me the Chief Minister. You all are aware of the condition of Bihar before the year 2005. People were afraid to come out of their homes after evening. There were frequent fights between Hindus and Muslims, which we ended. There was no arrangement for treatment in hospitals, the roads were dilapidated. The condition of education was not good.
Patients did not get medicines in hospitals. The condition of electricity supply was pathetic. Forget about rural areas, even in the capital Patna, electricity supply was not available for more than 8 hours per day. When the people of Bihar gave us a chance to work, the situation of Bihar has changed. Development work is being done in every field. We take necessary action on the important demands of the public representatives of all parties. We do not discriminate against anyone. When we were MPs, due to lack of roads, we had to walk a lot in the area. Whatever roads were there were also in bad condition.
The Chief Minister said that since the year 2006, we started the work of fencing the 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 from temples are happening, in view of this, it was decided to build boundary walls of temples older than 60 years so that incidents of theft do not happen in temples. We have not left any work.
The Chief Minister said that we have done a lot in the field of education. A large number of school buildings were constructed. Niyojit teachers were recruited on a large scale. From the year 2006, a uniform scheme was started for children studying in government schools. From the year 2009, a cycle scheme was started for girls, but when boys started demanding, a cycle scheme was started for them too from the year 2010. 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.
The Chief Minister said that we are getting development work done in the whole of Bihar. No area of Bihar is untouched by development. 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. A large number of government teachers are being recruited. Along with this, Niyojit teachers are being given government recognition through examination. We have also given government recognition to Madrasas and the teachers teaching there are being paid salary as per the government teachers.
The Chief Minister said that a lot of improvement has been made in the health sector as well. Before the year 2005, only 39 patients used to come to the Primary Health Centre in a month for treatment. We have 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. Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), the oldest hospital of Bihar, is being made to have a capacity of 5400 beds. There is no medical college and hospital of such a high capacity anywhere in the world. 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.
The Chief Minister said that since 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. 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. We also laid great emphasis on women empowerment. Earlier, the number of self-help groups in Bihar was very low. When our government was formed in Bihar, we increased the number of self-help groups by taking a loan from the World Bank in the year 2006. Now the number of self-help groups in Bihar has reached 10 lakh 61 thousand with 1 crore 35 lakh Jeevika didis associated with them. We have named the self-help group 'Jeevika' and the women associated with it 'Jeevika didi', inspired by which the then central government also adopted it and named it Ajeevika. 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.
The Chief Minister said that 50 percent reservation has been given to women in Panchayati Raj institutions since 2006 and in municipal bodies since 2007. A total of 4 elections have been completed so far. A large number of women have been elected. We decided to give 35 percent reservation to women in police recruitment from 2013, as a result of which the number of women in Bihar Police Force is the highest in the country. There are more women in Bihar Police than 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 in the year 2020, under the Saat Nishchay Yojana-2, a target of giving government jobs to 10 lakh people was set, which has now 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. In the year 2025, as per the target set, 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. We held a meeting with all the parties and conducted caste-based census in Bihar, in which 94 lakh poor families have been identified, who belong to every caste. Such poor families are being given financial help of Rs 2 lakh per family so that they can earn their livelihood.
The Chief Minister said that development work has been done in all areas of Aurangabad district. Engineering colleges, paramedical institutes and hostels have been constructed here. Along with this, Government Polytechnic Institute, Women ITI, ITI in all sub-divisions, GNM Institute and many roads and bridges have been constructed. Residential schools and hostels have also been constructed. We have decided that a medical college and hospital will be constructed here, for this the land has been identified, which we have visited today. 1503 rural roads have been constructed in Aurangabad district. So far, the construction work of 59 Panchayat Government Buildings has been completed. The construction work of the remaining Panchayat Government Buildings will be completed by June this year. A lot of improvement has also been brought in the field of electricity supply. 6 electric grid sub-stations and 38 power sub-stations have been constructed in Aurangabad district. 60 dedicated agricultural feeders have been installed for agricultural work, through which electricity connection has been provided to 5226 farmers for irrigation. Navinagar Thermal Power Plant has been constructed here to ensure adequate availability of electricity. Aurangabad
So far 24134 Jeevika Self Help Groups have been formed in the district, with which 3 lakh 1 thousand Jeevika Didi are associated. 3 Jeevika Didi's kitchens are also operating here.
