AYUSH dispensaries to be opened in 148 villages of Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan here today accorded sanction to open AYUSH dispensaries in 148 villages where no government health service is available in 5 kilometer radius. The decision was taken to implement Jan-Sankalp 2008 and make medical facilities available in rural areas.
The cabinet sanctioned construction of three roads. Sabalgarh-Karoli Road will be built under BOT through Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation. Construction of this 12.90 kilometer long road will cost Rs. 81 crore 51 lakh. Toll collection right will be granted to the private investor. Besides, payment of six-month annuity will also be made. This is a unique scheme in the country. Project’s concession period will be 15 years.
The cabinet accorded sanction to 66.70 kilometer long Balaghat-Baihar Road under BOT mode. The road costing Rs. 165 crore 11 lakh will be constructed through Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation.
The cabinet gave administrative sanction of Rs. 97 crore 77 lakh for construction of 46.98 kilometer long Garra-Varaseoni Road (Upto Maharashtra border) under Toll+Annuity Scheme.
Filling up of posts: Giving exemption from ban, the cabinet gave permission to fill up 72 direct recruitment posts of technical nature which are vacant for the last five years in Government Music College and four Fine Arts Institutions (Colleges) being run by the Culture Department. It gave permission to create and fill up 10 posts to start Music and Arts College, Khandwa under the Culture Department.
Sanction was granted to fill up 12 direct recruitment posts of assistant engineer (Electrical engineering) and two posts of assistant architect in the Public Works Department through Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission.
