Jamshedpur: The Jharkhand Chief Minister, Raghubar Das on Sunday said his government would soon impose a ban on use of polythene bags in the state.
In the next cabinet meeting, the state government will take a decision to impose ban on use of polythene bags in the state, the Chief Minister said after laying the laid foundation of Navjeevan Kust Ashram (Lepers colony) at Deonagar here and Chakulia Urban Water project here.
Das said polythene bags were responsible for death of cows in many cases and choked drains and those found holding or using polythene bags would be jailed. We would provide clothes to Mahila Sakhis Mandals to make bags, he said adding that the objective was to develop the state as “Clean Jharkhand, Green Jharkhand and Swach Jharkhand”.
Das was addressing the function soon after his government signed a MoU worth over Rs 63 crore with Jamshedpur Utility Services Company (Jusco), a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Steel, for the two projects as well as for renovation and maintenance for Birsanagar Bagunhatu Water Project under his assembly constituency “East Jamshedpur”.
People should not expect that the government would do everything but they should also discharge their bit of responsibility to achieve the goal, Das said while announcing to develop Jharkhand’s urban areas as Open Defecation Free by October two, 2017 and entire state by 2018.
Das said he was in politics not to betray anyone but to serve the people. Claiming that his government was an accountable government, Das said his government had provided electricity to seven lakh households in the last two years while 23 lakh households in rural pockets would be electrified by March, 2019.
Das claimed that not a single corruption charge was levelled against him or his government during the last two years Jharkhand Urban Development Minister C P Singh said work for implementing water projects in all municipal areas of the state has either started or about to be started.
Singh described Das government as “far-sighted, having the will-power to take decision for the development and betterment of the society.”
The Principal Secretary, Arun Kumar Singh said over Rs 4000 crore have already been spent by the state government during the last two years in development projects. (PTI)
