Jharkhand

• 13 Dec 2021

Famous Rajrappa Temple

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On December 12, 2021, Madhavi Mishra, Deputy Commissioner of Ramgarh district of Jharkhand state, announced to generate electricity from sacrificed goats at the famous Rajrappa's Maa Chhinnamastika temple in the district.

Key Points

• A plant will be set up in the temple premises to generate electricity using the waste parts of goats sacrificed in the Maa Chhinnamastika temple of Rajrappa, which will be functional in a year.
• Rajrappa temple situated at the confluence of Bhairavi and Damodar river is famous as a Siddhapeeth in the country and abroad. Here devotees offer goat sacrifice on fulfillment of their vows. About 150 goats are sacrificed daily.
• The government is trying to make the facilities of the temple world class. Under this, preparations are being made to implement a new system regarding the sacrifice of goats and the management of climbing flowers.
• A methanation plant will be set up in the temple premises to generate electricity and a semi-automatic slaughterhouse and Agarbatti processing unit will also be installed. District Mineral Foundation Trust will spend about Rs 72 lakh on these three projects.

‘Aapke Adhikar- Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar’

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On December 11, 2021, Chief Minister Hemant Soren distributed assets worth Rs 22 billion 30 crore 29 lakh 6 thousand among about 25 lakh beneficiaries in the divisional level mega asset distribution program under the 'Aapke Adhikar-Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar' program organized in Hazaribagh.

Key Points

• In the program, assets were distributed among the beneficiaries of 7 districts- Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ramgarh, Giridih, Bokaro, Dhanbad and Chatra under North Chotanagpur division.
• On this occasion, the Chief Minister also released a booklet related to 'Aapke Adhikar-Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar' scheme in North Chotanagpur division.
• Under the Marang Gomke Pardeshi Shiksha Yojana, 6 tribal students were sent to study abroad. Now all classes will be able to take advantage of this scheme.
• Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that the elderly people above 60 years of age in every village of the state would be linked to the pension scheme. The government will give pensions to every widow, elderly, disabled helpless. For the treatment of serious illness in the state, the government will help in the treatment of every person whose income is less than 8 lakhs.
• The Chief Minister said that the government is working to establish various big industries in the state, so that the people here can get employment opportunities. In this sequence, special care is being taken that 75% of the jobs and tenders up to Rs 1 crore should be received by the local people only, so that the people of the state develop.