Kumar Bahukhandi
Raipur: Hardibhata Gram Panchayat of Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh has achieved a major achievement at the national level. It has been awarded the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Panchayat Sustainable Development Award-2024 by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Munen Kumar, Sarpanch of Hardibhata received the award from President Draupadi Murmu at the National Panchayat Awards – 2024 ceremony held at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. With the aim of promoting healthy competition among panchayats, awards are given every year in various categories by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj. This year these awards were given to a total of 45 panchayats and institutions of 15 states.
Under this, 27 panchayats have received the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Panchayat Sustainable Development Award. These awards are given under a total of 9 subjects, which include poverty free and advanced livelihood panchayats, healthy panchayats, child friendly panchayats, water sufficient panchayats, clean and green panchayats, self-reliant infrastructure panchayats, socially just and socially protected panchayats, good governance panchayats and women friendly panchayats.
Gram Panchayat Hardibhata has been awarded in the category of socially just and socially protected Panchayat. The Gram Panchayat was also given a prize money of Rs 50 lakh.
