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Local people gave a warm welcome to the Chief Minister by performing a traditional dance

5 children who benefitted from Chirayu Yojana thanked the Chief Minister by giving him a rose

4 children with congenital heart disease received treatment, one child got rid of congenital cataracts

Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel worshipped Chhattisgarh Mahatari and Shakambhari Mata, adored by the Kosariya Marar (Patel) society, and prayed for the happiness and prosperity of the state

Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel was welcomed by the people of Kosariya Marar (Patel) Community with floral garlands and a 'Mukut' made of Chhind leaves

Chief Minister launched an M.R.I. machine established in Kanker District Hospital by pressing a button in Karap

Kanker District Hospital receives the privilege of being the first district hospital in the state to offer M.R.I. test facility

The expansion of Healthcare services is creating a strong foundation for the concept of a healthy Chhattisgarh

Patients from Kanker and nearby regions will be directly benefitted

Patients won't have to visit other cities for M.R.I.

M.R.I. machine worth Rs. 6 crores 49 lakh installed

Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel is addressing the Convention of Kosariya Marar (Patel) society

He started his speech by paying his obeisance to Shakambhari Mata

Mr. Baghel said that continuous developmental works in Kanker District are in progress, schools and colleges are being opened

We are opening medical colleges, villagers are receiving proper treatment through Haat Bazar

A special hostel had been established for backward classes in Kanker, we are now planning to establish hostels for backward categories in Divisional Headquarters and big districts as well

Today, 74 percent of the country's minor forest produce is being purchased in Chhattisgarh, which is undergoing value addition, people from forest zones are earning a good income

Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel congratulated the residents of Kanker for winning the maximum number of prizes in Chhattisgarhiya Olympics

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Chief Minister approved a grant of Rs. 50 lakh for the construction of Community House for Kosariya Marar (Patel) Samaj

Chief Minister attended Kosariya Marar (Patel) Society’s Convention and Oath-taking Ceremony

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Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel announced a gift of 95 different developmental works worth Rs. 143 crores 92 lakh for the development of Kanker district during the Kosariya Marar (Patel) Society’s Convention and oath-taking ceremony held in Karap village under Narharpur Development Block in Kanker today. The Chief Minister conducted the Bhumipoojan of 76 developmental works worth Rs. 110 crores 15 lakh and the inauguration of 19 works worth Rs. 33 crores 77 lakh.

The Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel conducted the Bhumipoojan of 76 developmental works worth Rs. 110 crores 15 lakh during the event organized in Karap village. These include the construction of a superior-quality approach road on Kank stream located at ¼  Kilometer of Gram Panchayat Salhebhat-Saranda road in Narharpur development block worth Rs. 5 crores 89 lakh, high-level bridge construction work worth Rs. 7 crores 19 lakh on Kukrel river at 4/2 Kilometers of the Mavlipara-Mandabharri-Bangabari road, High-level bridge construction work on Kukrel river at ½ and 2/4 Kilometers of village Kumhankhar - Jhulnatendu road worth Rs. 5 crores 96 lakh, construction of Jampani stream at 1/6 Kilometers of Lendara-Thema road and high-level bridge construction work at 2/10 Kilometers of Banjara stream worth Rs. R crores 38 lakh, high-level bridge construction work on Turi stream worth Rs. 21 crores 3 lakh at 1/10, 4/6, 6/6, 9/8, and 8/10 kilometers of the road between Banspatar and Tiriyapani.

During the event, 19 developmental works worth Rs. 33 crores 77 lakh were also inaugurated by the Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel. These include MRI machine installation at Kanker District Hospital worth Rs. 11 crores 54 lakh, 7.40 Km. long road construction between Kumhankhar and Jhulnatendu worth Rs. 5 crores 20 lakh 82 thousand, construction of 9.08 Km. long road in Dabena-Durumbahara-Badal road worth Rs. 2 crores 15 lakh, construction of 8 km. long road between Kanhanpuri and Amoda worth Rs. 4 crores 17 lakh, 7.50 Km. long road constructed between Amoda and Jhaliyamari worth Rs. 3 crores 70 lakh, 9 Km. long road constructed from Sarvandi to Mavlipara path worth Rs. 5 crores 23 lakh, cattle shelter centers in Kodagaon Gauthan worth Rs. 7 lakh 6 thousand, Devgudi construction in Sheetla Mandir in Daspur worth Rs. 5 lakh 50 thousand, fencing and handpump mining work and construction of Devgudis in Kokanpur Mawli Mata Mandir worth Rs. 5 lakh 50 thousand, and other works including fencing and handpump mining.

On the occasion, Minister of Commerce and Industry Mr. Kawasi Lakhma, Parliamentary Secretary and MLA of Kanker Assembly Constituency Mr. Shishupal Shori, MLA of Antagarh Assembly Constituency Mr. Anoop Nag, MLA of Bhanupratappur Assembly constituency Mrs. Savitri Manoj Mandavi, Parliamentary Advisor Mr. Rajesh Tiwari, Former MLA and President of District Co-operative Central Bank Mr. Shankar Dhurwa, Member of Chhattisgarh Scheduled Castes Commission Mr. Nitin Potai, Member of Gauseva Aayog Mr. Narendra Yadav, Member of Tourism Board Mr. Naresh Thakur, Member of Bastar Development Authority Mr. Biresh Thakur, President of District Panchayat Mr. Hemant Dhruv and a large number of public representatives and people of Marar community were present.

Chief Minister made several announcements at the Gondwana Sammelan held at Bhanupratappur

State government embarks on mission to preserve the ancient culture, says CM Bhupesh Bahgel

CM performed bhumipoojan and inaugurated several development works worth Rs 14.47 crore in Bhanupratappur

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Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel attended 'Pen Karsad Mandari' and one-day annual convention of Gondwana Samaj at Bhanupratappur under Kanker district. He announced to name Kanker medical college after former Prime Minister late Smt Indira Gandhi. On this occasion, the Chief Minister inaugurated and performed Bhumi Pujan of 146 development works worth Rs.14.47 crore. This includes inauguration of 94 works worth Rs.9 crore 55 lakh and Bhoomipujan of 52 works worth Rs.4 crore 76 lakh. He also announced the renaming of the sports ground at Bhanupratappur after former Deputy Speaker late Mr. Manoj Mandavi. Along with this, he also announced to give Rs.10,000 each to Chalaki and Manjhi, Rs.10 lakh each for construction of street light, shed, and courtyard in Bhanupratappur. He instructed Kanker Collector for forwarding the proposal to renovate the dilapidated schools of Bhanupratappur to the state government.      

Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel at Bhanupratappur said that first of all, primitive culture emerged in the world. The state government is consistently trying to preserve the tribal culture and tradition. From 2019 till now 518 Devgudis have been constructed in the district at a cost of Rs 17 crore 82 lakh. Similarly, 173 Ghotuls were constructed at a cost of Rs 19 crore 91 lakh. Mr. Baghel said that ‘sewa’ means service to human society, culture and nature. The work of preserving tribal culture is being done by the state government. The work of scripting all the tribal dialects of the state, preserving and saving folk dances, folk songs and traditional games are also being done. He further said that the country's largest millet plant has been started recently at Nathia Navagaon in Kanker district.

The Chief Minister said that to provide modern education to children of state, Swami Atmanand English Medium School Scheme has been implemented to open English medium schools. Farmers of Kanker district sold historic 40 lakh quintals of paddy for the first time. Earlier in the state, the house floors were coated with cow dung, now the walls of the houses will also be painted with natural paint made from cow dung. Schools that were closed in Bastar are now opening again and for this, a budget provision of Rs.1 thousand crore has been made by the state government to renovate the schools.

Excise Minister Mr. Kawasi Lakhma said in his address in the program that by promoting the cultivation of Kodo-Kutki and millets of Bastar, the state government is making efforts to make the tribals self-reliant. The government is doing the work of giving respect to the tribal tradition by making Devgudis in every village. Former Madhya Pradesh Minister Mrs. Ganga Potai, and Bhanupratappur MLA Mrs. Savitri Mandavi also addressed the program. On this occasion, Parliamentary Secretary and MLA Mr. Shishupal Shori, Antagarh MLA Mr. Anoop Nag, District Panchayat President Mr. Hemant Dhruv, Member of Tourism Board Mr. Biresh Thakur, Member of Gau Seva Commission Mr. Narendra Yadav, Divisional Commissioner Mr. Shyam Dhawde, Inspector General of Police Mr. Sundarraj P., Collector Dr. Priyanka Shukla, SP Mr. Shalabh Sinha, DFO Mr. Alok Bajpai along with senior representatives of Gondwana community and local public representatives were present.

Pakhanjur region of Kanker district created a distinct identity as a successful pisciculture region

Pakhanjoor's fish farming industry's turnover of 500 Crores

More than three thousand farmers are engaged in fish farming

Earlier fish seeds were imported from other states, now it is being exported to different states of the country.

Farmers have earned Rs 125 crore from fish seed alone

Cluster farming of fish in Chhattisgarh has now made a mark in the whole country

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Bastar was once known as a naxal-affected region but this scenic area filled with greenery has seen unprecedented changes due to the blue revolution of the fish farming. The picture of Koylibeda development block of Kanker district of the state has drastically started changing due to policies of the government. Pakhanjur area of this development block is making a new identity in the country as an emerging region of fish production. Now this area is a well known name on the fisheries map of the country. It is noteworthy that Fish farming is being done here on a cluster approach. This positive change is the result of the collective hard work of the farmers of Pankhajoor area of Koylibeda development block along with the help of the schemes of the state government. In the last 4 years, under the leadership of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh is progressing expeditiously  in every field and a new identity of Chhattisgarh is being established in the whole country.

      More than five thousand fish farmers are associated with fish farming in Pakhanjur area. The scale of fish farming being done here,  can clearly be gauged from the fact that the average annual turnover of  fish seed production, transportation and production of fish etc. is more than Rs 500 crore. There are about 19,700 ponds in this region, out of which fish farming is being done in about 99 percent of the ponds.

The hard working farmers, along with the help from the state governments’ schemes have brought a revolution in this region with their constant hard work and skill. These farming families carried forward the work of fish farming with the help of local fish farmers. Due to substantial profits earned by fish farmers, now this work has spread to the surrounding villages of Pakhanjur development block as well. Along with fish production, fish seed is also being produced here. From here, fish seed is supplied to different parts of the country including Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh. Significantly,Farmers earn about Rs 125 crore from fish seed alone.

The story of Badekapsi village of Pakhanjur is even more encouraging, farmers of 5 nearby villages are doing fish farming collectively. In these villages, 1700 ponds have been made for fish farming where 30 thousand metric tonnes of fishes are produced. The people of the village informed that now leaving the traditional farming work, people are now drifting towards the fish farming business, because it is a low-cost, high-profit business. Many of their fields in the villages have now been converted into ponds for fish farming.

In Pakhanjur region, the technique of fish farming in cluster approach is becoming increasingly popular among farmers. About 12 thousand 500 hectares of water area is available for fish farming in these villages. Apart from this, 27 hatcheries, 45 farms, 1623 ponds, 1132 hatchery breeding ponds are available here. 72 crore fish seeds are being produced here. Out of this, 64 crore fish seeds are sent to different states of the country.

About 51000 metric tonnes of fish is being produced in Pakhanjur area due to modern techniques of fish farming. Here, 12000 metric tonnes of fish are being produced in 8000 hectares of water area. Apart from this, 80 million pegasus fish seeds are also being produced here. Pegasius fish seed is sent to different parts of the country for fish culture through cage culture.

Fish farming has gained momentum due to various schemes of the government

It is worth mentioning that various schemes run by the state government and the central government, such as the National Agricultural Development Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana and Blue Revolution, Fisheries Promotion Scheme, provided great help and guidance to the farmers, due to which the business of fisheries in Pakhanjoor area has flourished. More than 5 thousand fish farmers are directly involved in this work. Farmers say that the fishermen benefited a lot from the Blue Revolution(Neeli Kranti) scheme. The fish farming business has now taken a big shape here due to the loan grant for fish farming with advanced technology and technical assistance.

Agriculture status given to fish farming

Fisheries department of Chhattisgarh government is providing loan grant to fish farmers for fish farming through state-of-the-art technologies like cage culture biofloc, as well as providing technical guidance. Fisheries have also been given the status of agriculture in the state. With this, farmers are getting loans at zero percent interest, electricity and other facilities at subsidized rates similar to agriculture. There is great enthusiasm among the farmers after getting the status of agriculture.

Chhattisgarh ranks sixth in fish production and fifth in fish seed production

Significantly, Chhattisgarh is one of the leading states in the country in fish production. Chhattisgarh ranks fifth in fish seed production and sixth in the country in fish production. In the last four years, 09 Chinese hatcheries and 364.92 hectare cultivation area have been created through Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana. Fish seed production has increased by 20 percent to 302 crore standard fry, similarly fish production has increased by 29 percent to 5.91 lakh tonnes. For fish farming, 4200 cages have been installed in reservoirs and ponds have been developed in 2410 hectares on the land of fish farmers. Apart from this, 6 feed mills have also been established.

 Kanker 

 An amount of  Rs 50.55 crore was sanctioned for the development of the area.

 

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