Chhattisgarh witnesses 63.41% voter turnout till 5 pm
Till 5 pm, polling stations registered a commendable 63.41% participation rate for the Bastar parliamentary seat.
Kunwar Bai Yadav, the 106-year-old woman hailed as an ambassador of Swachh Bharat Mission in Chhattisgarh, passed away on Friday, 23 February. She was admitted to the ICU in Dhamtari district hospital on 19 February and was shifted to Raipur’s BR Ambedkar hospital yesterday, 22 February.
“Pained to learn that Shrimati Kunwar Bai who was like a mother to our state and was honoured as an ambassador of cleanliness in Chhattisgarh by the PM is no more. This is just the end of Ma Kunwar Bai’s body. She will be remembered forever for her work,” tweeted Chief Minister Raman Singh.
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छत्तीसगढ़ में स्वच्छ्ता का दीप जलाकर प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी से स्वच्छता दूत का सम्मान प्राप्त करने वाली हमारे प्रदेश की माँ स्वरूप श्रीमती कुंवर बाई के देहांत से हृदय को गहरा दुःख पहुंचा है। यह केवल माँ कुंवर बाई की देह का अंत है वह अपने सद्कार्यों से सदैव अमर रहेंगी। pic.twitter.com/x0nPZ3kzyN
— Dr Raman Singh (@drramansingh) February 23, 2018
Singh had spoken to her family members via video call from New Delhi after learning about her illness and assured all help from the government for her treatment.
In 2016, Kunwar Bai became a household name in the country after Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched her feet at an event in Kurrubhat village and asked the media to follow her and not him.
The centenarian had sold seven of her goats – her only assets – to raise money for a toilet at her house in the village located in Dhamtari district of the state. Her effort was recognised as the district became the first in the state to be declared Open Defecation Free.
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