Project ambitious but will it be a reality? Congressi Chhattisgarh govt to provide free food to tribals in Bastar's forest regions

Raipur, June 20: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced on Wednesday that tribals living in the forest regions of Bastar would soon get free nutritious food through gram panchayats and access to medical facilities. It is the different part that whether the announcement comes into reality or just it is limited to the announcement.

 

CM Baghel said the state government would be launching two new schemes for tribals, related to malnutrition and healthcare facilities. These schemes will play a pivotal role in improving the health status of tribals.

The state government will provide nutritious food to the forest dwellers to combat malnutrition and, as part of another scheme; tribals will have mobile healthcare facilities in weekly markets. These schemes will soon be launched from Bastar region as a "pilot project". Bastar is considered to be the worst Maoist-affected region in Chhattisgarh.

"Bastar region has the highest malnutrition level across Chhattisgarh. We have inherited this problem and are committed to completely eradicate it," CM Baghel said. He said nutritious food would be provided to locals as per their choice through gram panchayats and women self-help groups.

The scheme seems to be ambitious but future time will show the reality like Rajasthan where the kind Congress govt waived off the loans of those farmers whose names were not in the list.