The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today inspected frost-affected crops at Bharkachchha and Gadarwas villages in Raisen district. Chouhan told the farmers not to worry. The State Government stands firmly with the farmers at this juncture.
The Chief Minister said that the officials have been instructed strictly to survey and assess crop loss promptly and liberally.

Implementation of the prestigious rural connectivity road scheme of the state government with construction of gravel roads in all 50 districts has begun. In the first phase of the scheme, construction process of 2700 roads has started. Under the scheme, 2676 roads with a length of 6118 km will be constructed. This will link more than 3200 villages which had so far no approach roads.

A 10-member study team of PAF Project from Nepal will visit Madhya Pradesh from July 6 to 12, 2010. The study team will inspect District Poverty Initiative Project works going in the state and hold discussions with self-help groups. The team will be divided into two and will visit Rajgarh and Guna and Shivpuri and Raisen districts respectively.

16 villages of Raisen parliamentary regin where I got maximum votes during elections would be developed as model villages. These villages will have all those facilities which are found in towns.
These views were expressed by region's MP Sushma Swaraj in a programme organised at Bahmori.

Begumganj: The drinking water crisis in this town of district Raisen has intensified to such an extent that there regular confrontation of people being witnessed here over the drinking water. The situation has been made worse because of drying up some of the drinking water sources.

Cycle-rickshaw is considered an economical and comfortable medium of transport for the common man in small as well as big cities. But there are 15 districts in the state where cycle-rickshaws are not prevalent either due to geographical conditions or congested population. These include such big cities as Bhopal and Indore and smaller ones like Raisen, Harda, Shajapur etc.

The state government has allotted Rs 2.80 crore to six district collectors for assisting victims of natural calamity. Out of this maximum amount, Rs 1.72 crore has been allotted to Raisen district collector. The other districts are Indore, Shivpuri, Chhattarpur, Sidhi and Shajapur.

The state government would establish 500 animal husbandry development centres in nine districts. These centres would be opened under a five-year project costing Rs 51 crore 95 lakh in Ratlam, Badwani, Dhar, Raisen, Sidhi, Satna, Panna, Ashok Nagar and Guna districts. The project would be conducted jointly by Veterinary Services and JK Trust. The state cabinet has okayed the decision to establish these centres on May 14 this year.

Bhopal : With utmost attention of the state government to construction and upgradation of road communication Madhya Pradesh has witnessed a remarkable improvement in the road network over last four and half years. This has given a fillip to the development process besides making life of people more convenient.