The birth anniversary of tribal icon Bhagwan Birsa Munda, or National Tribal Pride Day, is coming up on November 14, and the Madhya Pradesh government is organizing a three-day festival for the occasion.
Events will be conducted at the state-level at various districts under the presence of Governor Mangubhai Patel and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. The events are scheduled to be held in Jabalpur from 14th, in Dhar and Jobat in Alirajpur district on November 15 and 16 in Khandwa.
A big event is also planned for November 15 at Dhar, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to participate in it through video conferencing and deliver message to the Madhya Pradesh people.
Bhagwan Birsa Munda’s samriti will be paid tribute by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Governor Mangubhai Patel during Dhar event. The chief minister will also hold a roadshow and touch the lives of local people by collecting their feedback on schemes of the government.
The celebrations will also mark the inauguration of the Dahi Micro Lift Irrigation Project. The ambitious project will water an agricultural land in Dhar and Alirajpur in Narmada river.
Farmers in 126 villages will be benefitted from the project and an improvement in irrigation access will be seen in the tribal dominated areas. The government claimed that the move was the results of its efforts to promote water supply to farms for increasing farmers’ prosperity and extend the development of the tribal areas into the mainstream of development.
Some state level development schemes limited to crores will be announced and inaugurated in the event.