Cabinet Minister Nirmala Bhuria performs bhoomipujan for Rs 55 crore Raipuria-Sarangi-Karwad road at Barwet

Cabinet Minister Nirmala Bhuria performed the bhoomipujan (ground-breaking ceremony) of the Raipuria-Sarangi-Karwad road at Barwet village on Thursday. Rs 55 crore will be spent on the road. The minister said it would be completed in 18 months and that the work includes cement concrete sections at Jamli and Barwet.

Bhuria said the road sees traffic round the clock and is a busy route connecting the region. She appealed to villagers to cooperate in widening the road.

The minister said work on roads, irrigation and other basic infrastructure schemes was under way in the Petlawad assembly constituency. Work was also being done in education, health and women and child development. Her aim is to have a building constructed for every anganwadi centre in the area. She also said public demands would be met on priority.

At the event, Ajmer Singh Bhuria expressed gratitude that the region had received a development gift. Agninarayan Singh Bodayta demanded that the Petlawad-Deoli road be widened and extended to Rajod. Hemant Bhatt and mandal president Laxman Maliwad also addressed the gathering.

Jagdish Prajapat demanded that the sub-health centre at Barwet be upgraded to a primary health centre. He said people from hundreds of villages in several panchayats in the Barwet area have to travel elsewhere for treatment.

Public Works Department executive engineer D.S. Gutharia, SDO Resham Gamad, Purushottam Patidar, Nilesh Patel, Jitendra Gehlot, Durgadas Motapala, Jayraj Bhatt, Pankaj Nimja, Suresh Sen and janpad member Kamma Vinod Meda were present. Several sarpanches and villagers of the area also attended.

Jagdish Prajapat conducted the programme. Mandal president Pappulal Gamad proposed the vote of thanks.