First Rural Industrial Park of the State Equipped with Wi-Fi Facility | 13 May 2023

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On May 11, 2023, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Park 'RIPA' in village Beltukri during a meeting program in Masturi Vidhansabha.

Key Points

• With the introduction of Wi-Fi facility, Beltukri Rural Industrial Park has become the first RIPA in the state to be equipped with this facility. People working in this will now get a free internet facility.
• It is worth mentioning that during the review of the activities of RIPA on 5 May the Chief Minister had announced plans to equip it with a WiFi facility.
• It is worth mentioning that the state government is providing all necessary basic facilities like water, electricity, land in Ripa for small scale industries, in this sequence, the Chief Minister inaugurated the Wi-Fi facility in Beltukri.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister also released the catalog of various items produced in Beltukari Ripa.
• It is worth mentioning that through RIPA, essential commodities are being made available nearby to the people of the village, due to which they no longer have to go to distant cities. Due to the good quality of the products of Bakery Unit, Sack Stitching Unit, Cloth Stitching Unit, Dona-Pattal Unit operated in Beltukari Ripa, supply orders have started coming from nearby cities and villages.
• It is known that on 2 October 2022, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the Chhattisgarh government's ambitious 'Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Park Yojana' on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti & performed Bhumi Pujan and laid the foundation stone of 300 Rural Industrial Parks in different districts of the state.
• Village Gothans are being developed as Rural Industrial Parks to provide employment and means of income to rural poor families. For this, various livelihood oriented activities are being conducted here.