C'garh govt to set up tribal museum in Naya Raipur

The Chhattisgarh government will set up a tribal museum in the state's upcoming new capital Naya Raipur with a view to exhibit culture and tradition of scheduled tribes.

This decision was taken today during a meeting of Chhattisgarh State Tribal Advisory Council chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh at New Mantralya here, an official said.

The tribal museum will be built at the cost of Rs 27 crore in an area of around 22 acres in Naya Raipur and will be named after Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh, a freedom fighter from the state who had made a tremendous contribution in the freedom struggle of 1857, he said.

Several other important decisions including to reorganise Tribal Caste Research and Training as a society, were taken during the meeting, he said.

Raipur-based Tribal Caste Research and Training institute will be reorganised as society, enabling it to directly receive the financial aid from the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry.

Moreover, the proposed schemes will not require approval at various levels, except from the society itself, the official said.

In the meeting, the chief minister said a separate secretariat would be constituted as per the requirement of the Chhattisgarh Tribal Advisory Council to ensure the official works of the council are done in a smooth and organised manner.

Documentation of tribal community's activities will also be done, he said.

Members of the state Cabinet, MPs, MLAs, and nominated representatives will have a seat in this secretariat and discharge their duties to redress the problems and requirements for conservation of tribal culture, dialect, language, traditions, musical instruments etc, the official quoted the CM as saying.

Nodal Officer in this secretariat will be selected from the tribal community only, the CM added.

Tribal Culture and Language Academy will also be set up in the state.