Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan, while addressing thesarpanch of 40 Gram Panchayat of 4 Janpad in Khatla Panchayat during the PESA awareness programme organised at Mandi premises of Kukshi, spoke directly to the sarpanchs about the provisions of the PESA Act.
The Chief Minister said that along with the rights of water, forest and land, many other rights have also been given to the Gram Sabhas. Now you people have to empower the villages.
All of you should tell about the PESA Act in your panchayats. Now the decisions will be taken in the gram sabhas. That is why you also have to create awareness among the people of the villages about its various aspects.
During the Khatla Panchayat, Sarpanch of Bagh Dharmendra Bamnia thanked Chief Minister Chouhan for comprehensively empowering the gram sabhas. The sarpanch of Nisarpur Antim Patel also thanked. During this, MP VD Sharma and regional MP Chhatarsingh Darbar were also present.
