May 8, 2019
All-round development in Purulia
The Trinamool Congress Government has ensured development through various schemes and projects in the district of Purulia. Among other things, water supply, both for drinking and farming, which has been a perennial problem, has seen a big improvement.
Highlights of the developmental work:
Health: 2 multi-super speciality hospitals, 3 fair-price medicine shops, 3 fair price diagnostic centres, 18 SNSUs, 1 CCU, 1 HDU, skills lab at Purulia Nursing Training Centre; medical college coming up
School education: In 7.5 years, 612 schools set up, levels of 145 schools upgraded; 12 model schools
Scholarships: In 7.5 years, more than 1.74 lakh students under Kanyashree, more than 2.98 lakh students under Sikshashree
Higher education: Sidho Kanho Birsha University, 3 government degree colleges, 4 ITIs (3 more coming up), 2 polytechnic colleges
Kisan Mandi: 13 Kisan Mandis set up
100 Days’ Work: More than 4.71 crore man-days created from FY 2013-14 to 2018-19
Housing: More than 1.45 lakh people benefitted from housing schemes, including rural housing; patta (deed) handed over to 75 jahar thans
Mission Nirmal Bangla: 96% of ODF target achieved
Irrigation: 4,680 hectares of additional land made irrigable
Drinking water: State’s largest drinking water project taken up (funded by JICA) to supply 8 lakh people in 9 blocks; 17 drinking water projects completed, 7 riverbed tube-wells set up in Teledi and Shimulia
Industry: 6 industrial parks, 20 MSME clusters (14 MSME clusters, 2 handloom clusters, 4 khadi clusters), 1 IT park, Grameen Haat in Dulmi; mega manufacturing and industrial cluster coming up; bank loans worth Rs 3,937 crore given to MSMEs
Roads & bridges: More than 2,600km of roads built/repaired/widened
Tourism: 4 tourism projects, including a rural tourism project in Joychandi Pahar; eco-tourism projects in Pakbirra; Bankura-Purulia tourism circuit and tourism projects in Murguma and Doladanga coming up
Culture: Santhali Akademi, Kuruk Development Board, Kuruk and Kurmi made official languages, Manbhum Sahitya Parshad, Kuruk Sahitya Akademi
Samajik Suraksha Yojana: About 2.25 lakh unorganised labourers enlisted
Karmatirtha: 26 Karmatirthas
Sports: 80 multi-gyms, 37 mini indoor stadiums
