Arun Sao asks officials to take welfare schemes to people; campaign to include cleanliness drives, plantation, blood and organ donation
TFP Bureau, Raipur, September 23, 2026: Deputy Chief Minister and Korba district in-charge Minister Arun Sao has directed officials to ensure extensive public participation in the activities planned under the month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’.
Mr Sao reviewed preparations for the campaign at the Korba district headquarters on Tuesday and asked officials to finalise the schedule, venues and programme details in a time-bound manner. He stressed coordination among the government, district administration and the public to make the campaign people-oriented and effective.
Commerce and Industry Minister Lakhan Lal Dewangan and MLA Premchand Patel were present at the meeting.
Mr Sao congratulated the district administration for the successful organisation of the ‘Aashirwad Ke Diya’ programme on September 17. He said the participation of people in lighting lamps at their homes reflected the public response to the campaign. He also referred to the ‘Mere Sapno Ka Bharat’ programme, under which students expressed their vision for the country through paintings and speeches.
He directed officials to maintain the same level of enthusiasm in the remaining programmes and prepare a date-wise action plan. Public representatives are to be informed in advance about the dates, venues and nature of the programmes, while departments have been asked to coordinate to ensure their timely implementation.
The Deputy Chief Minister said activities under the campaign should be organised in both rural and urban areas. These will include cleaning of riverbanks, large-scale plantation drives, blood donation and organ donation programmes, with an emphasis on turning cleanliness into a wider public movement.
He also asked officials to encourage participants to take pledges relating to public service, cleanliness, environmental conservation and humanity during the programmes.
Mr Sao said the impact of welfare schemes implemented by the Central and State governments should be documented through ‘Stories of Service’. Such accounts of beneficiaries whose lives have changed through government schemes, he said, could help communicate the benefits of these initiatives to a wider audience.
Describing the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan as a means of taking government welfare schemes closer to people, Mr Sao directed officials to ensure that beneficiaries are informed about various schemes and are able to access their benefits. He also called for publicity through public announcements, banners, posters and other media in rural and urban areas.
Mr Dewangan asked officials to ensure participation of all sections of society in the campaign. He said activities should not remain confined to the district headquarters but should be extended to urban local bodies and rural areas.
He also called for the involvement of public representatives, voluntary and social organisations, educational institutions, self-help groups, youth, women and senior citizens in the programmes.
Korba Zila Panchayat president Dr Pawan Singh, Gopal Modi, Collector Kunal Dudawat, Superintendent of Police Siddharth Tiwari, Zila Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Prateek Jain, Katghora Divisional Forest Officer Jitendra Upadhyay and Municipal Commissioner Ashutosh Pandey were among those present.
