Jamshedpur, Jan. 2: Chief minister Raghubar Das today announced a slew of initiatives to stress his commitment towards boosting the state's industry, agriculture and service sectors as well as Santhal Pargana, his frequent catch-phrases of 'very soon' or 'within a month' making his urgency, politically motivated or otherwise, obvious.

Speaking to the media at Circuit House here, Das reiterated his commitment to form a dedicated Jharkhand Development Council, with stakeholders such as MPs, MLAs and corporate sector representatives as members to address the state's industry and agro sectors. 'Council members will meet once every three months to take stock of development projects,' he said.

He added industrial hubs would be formed in Jamshedpur, Adityapur and Gamharia to generate jobs for the youth. 'Jharkhand is a mineral-rich state whose resources are not utilised effectively but it has the potential to enter the bracket of developed states. We will seek help from Tata Steel and CII to give shape to industrial hubs,' he said.

He promised state nod in a month for the eastern corridor, a 15km flyover from near Tatanagar station to a point on NH-33, Turiabera village, 8km from Dimna Chowk.

Decks would be cleared within a month for a proposed medical college, a joint venture between Tata Steel and Manipal, he promised. The medical college proposal has been hanging fire since 2008.

On agriculture, Das said it was a key sector for his government for which irrigation was a priority. 'Water in Ganga will be drawn from Sahebganj and piped to six Santhal Pargana districts - Sahebganj, Godda, Pakur, Dumka, Deoghar and Jamtara,' Das promised.

'A similar exercise will be done in Garhwa where the Sonpur river flows. Here, water will be sent to Palamau and Garhwa,' he added.

The overt wooing of the tribal dominated belt was evident when he said his government had 'sanctioned' the proposal to set up a unit of AIIMS in Deoghar.

In the same vein, Das ruled out amendments in Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana tenancy acts. 'A land bank would be formed for industry and other government schemes but my government will keep the interests of the tribals in mind,' he said.

He also promised that vacancies for primary teachers, policemen and para-teachers would be filled within a month.

On poor highways, the chief minister said he would meet Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari in Delhi in the next few days for talks on how to improve them. He added he would clear bottlenecks in state-run hospitals in the days to come.

The five-time Jamshedpur East MLA who rose in the mid-1990s by championing the rights of slum-dwellers also added: 'Ownership rights of people living in 86 slums outside Tata Steel command areas will shortly see the light of day.'

'The earlier government has left the state treasury almost empty. The earlier dispensation did not use resources properly. My government will use central funds to the optimum and work in a dedicated manner. A corrupt-free Jharkhand is my top priority. Jharkhand mein susashan hoga (There'll be good governance in Jharkhand),' he promised.

Medical meet

Chief minister Raghubar Das will inaugurate a four-day international urological conference - USICON 2015 - at Khelgaon, Ranchi, from February 4 to 8. The conference hosted by Urological Society of India in association with Jharkhand Urological Society, Ranchi, will host 3,000 urologists from across the world. 'This is the first time that such a conference is being organised in India. We briefed the chief minister on December 31. Efforts are on to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi,' said M.K. Senapati, Society secretary.