Chhattisgarh will achieve ODF status by April 2018: CM Raman Singh

NewsBharati    23-Oct-2017
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Raipur, October 23: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh said that in last 14 years health services in Chhattisgarh have undergone significant development and expansion. Many major milestones have been achieved. 

The Chief Minister was addressing local citizens at a programme last night, said Chhattisgarh is the first state of the country, which provides free medical treatment facility worth upto Rs 50,000 to all the families of state, under Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme. Meanwhile the Health Department's budget has increased by 10 times from nearly Rs 450 crore to nearly 4500 crores. 

Earlier, medical treatment worth Rs 30 thousand was provisioned under this scheme, but from current month October this amount has been increased to Rs 50 thousand. This is a Universal Health Scheme, under which all income groups are covered.

Dr Raman Singh mentioned about Clean India Mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Chhattisgarh has attained promising results under this mission, seeing which I believe that state will achieve ODF status by April 2018.

Till date, nearly 18 thousand villages have become open defecation free. Chief MInister said- Clean India Mission is receiving tremendous response from women of the rural areas of state. Manpur, Mohla and other rural development blocks of Rajnandgaon district have achieved ODF status before Raipur city.

He said this mission is about dignity and self-respect of women, mothers, daughters. Nobody would want women of their family to face the inconvenience and discomfort of defecating in open. This is the reason why women of rural areas in Chhattisgarh are volunteering for implementation of Clean India Mission.

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