CM Mohan Yadav to visit Jobat on Nov 15 for Tribal Pride Day; rally planned at College Ground

Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav is proposed to visit Jobat in Alirajpur district on November 15, on Janjatiya Gaurav Divas (Tribal Pride Day), observed on the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda. A large public meeting will be held at the College Ground in Jobat.

Ahead of the visit, administrative officials reached the venue on Wednesday and reviewed the preparations. BJP workers were also present.

The inspection team included Additional Collector Sohan Kanas, Additional Superintendent of Police Jyoti Umath, Jobat SDOP Ashutosh Patel and SDM Manoj Agrawal. Other administration and police officers were with them. Arrangements for seating, security, traffic, parking and drinking water at the meeting site were discussed. A large turnout is expected, so preparations have been started now.

According to information issued by the Directorate of Public Relations on Wednesday, a three-day Janjatiya Gaurav Divas celebration will be held in the state from November 14 to 16 on Birsa Munda's birth anniversary. Events are proposed in Dhar and Jobat on November 15. The state-level function will be held at Dahi in Dhar district, where the Chief Minister will dedicate the Dahi Micro Lift Irrigation Project to the public. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also join the event by video conferencing.

The project costs about Rs 1,353.18 crore. It will provide irrigation to about 47,000 hectares of farmland in 126 villages of Dhar and Alirajpur districts. In Alirajpur district, 15,963 hectares in Jobat tehsil, 1,759 hectares in Sondwa and 1,958 hectares in Alirajpur tehsil are covered. Irrigation water will thus reach a total of 19,680 hectares of farmland in 42 villages of the district.

About 1.26 lakh farmers in the two districts are expected to benefit. Water will be lifted from the Narmada river and carried to the fields through underground pipelines.

Amid the administrative preparations, people in the district are awaiting the Chief Minister's proposed visit to Jobat. There is curiosity over what announcements he will make for the district at the public meeting and which development works he will gift.