Raipur: With an eye on the upcoming assembly polls, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for three key projects a commercial hub, Aerocity and a martyrs' memorial, in Nava Raipur. The commercial hub is aimed at promoting investment, settlement and commercial activities in Nava Raipur, while the Aerocity will promote passenger facilities and commercial development near Swami Vivekananda Airport here, officials said.
Addressing the bhoomi pujan function for the projects at Sector-35 of Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, Baghel said it is the government's responsibility to create a conducive environment for every section of society to flourish and his government has done this. "Chhattisgarh is an agriculture-dominated state and first of all our government created a supportive environment for farmers. At present, Chhattisgarh is the only state in the country where farmers have been getting maximum returns for their produce," the chief minister said.
Secondly, an environment was created for the children and Swami Atmanand government English medium schools were set up. Similarly, various works have been carried out in the health sector and for promotion of culture, he said. As far as the business and industry sector is concerned, I spoke to traders and businessmen after the Congress was elected to power (in 2018) and told them to bring better industry-friendly provisions from any state of the country assuring to include those in Chhattisgarh's industry policy. The same was done and the business sector grew in the state," Baghel said.
He further announced that commercial plots would be allocated to businessmen in the commercial hub at Rs 540 per sq ft. The commercial hub will be developed on an area of 1,083 acres in Sectors 23, 24, 34, 35, and 40 of Nava Raipur, it was stated. In the first phase, 1,000 wholesale shops related to 20 different businesses including grocery, incense sticks, gunny bags, pulse mills, paper trade etc., will be set up, a government official said.