The Jharkhand government will work for the conservation and development of religious places of the tribals in the state.

While taking the decision at its meeting held at the Project Bhavan secretariat in Ranchi on Tuesday evening, the state cabinet also decided that a maximum amount of Rs 5 crore will be spent for developing one such religious place.

“The cabinet today (Tuesday) decided to take up projects for the conservation and development of religious places of the tribals,” state’s principal secretary (cabinet coordination) Vandana Dadel said. Such plans would apply for places like sarna, jaher sthan, hargori and masna, she added.“The government (has) decided to revise the earlier provision of erecting boundary walls only for demarcation of such places and instead also developing those,” she said, adding the construction work would be carried out in an eco-friendly manner.

Such plans, aimed at infrastructure development of those places, will include provision for availability of drinking water, construction of multi-purpose hall, installing solar power system, besides beautification of those places by developing gardens and drive ways, she elaborated.

“Display of tribal paintings and other things would also be encouraged so that those places depict the tribal culture of the state,” Dadel further said.

Any such work involving an expenditure of over Rs 25 lakh will be done by inviting tenders while those costing below that amount could be done through local beneficiaries’ committees, she added.

The state cabinet also took seven other decisions on Tuesday Among those, the cabinet decided to raise a corpus fund of Rs 25 crore for Jharkhand Rajya Fasal Rahat Yojana so that the farmers could be paid a compensation, in case of damage of their crops, from interest earned from the fund.

It also decided to seek approval of the governor for the rules meant for online electronic filing (e-filing) in the courts of the state.