C'garh govt to enlist youths with knowledge of local dialects

Chhattisgarh government is going to enlist youths who know local dialects as 'motivators' to promote government schemes in the Naxal-affected Bastar.
The youth who know Halbi and Gondi, widely-spoken dialects of Bastar, will be trained as motivators, a government official said here.
Chief Minister Raman Singh gave directions in this regard at a meeting of officials from Dantewada and Bijapur districts last evening.
"The CM emphasised the need of identifying youth who know Halbi and Gondi and train them as 'Prerak' (motivators) to promote government schemes," said the official.
Every month, these motivators are expected to encourage at least 100 villagers to avail of benefits of government schemes. They will be paid an honorarium.

In the meeting yesterday, the CM also expressed happiness over the speed of work for setting up tele-medicine service in three villages, Palnar, Badekameli and Nerali, of Dantewada district, the official said.
"The CM directed that this service should start in these three villages within a month," he added.
The tele-medicine service will enable the people of these villages to consult the doctors in Mumbai and Delhi.