Gorakhpur (UP), Oct 24: Sharing the joys of Diwali with members of Vantangia and Mushar communities, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that Ram Rajya is all about ensuring that the benefits of welfare schemes of the government reach every person honestly.
Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of 288 development projects worth Rs 80 crore for various gram panchayats of the district at Vantangias’ village Tinkoniya No. 3, CM Yogi said that Ram Rajya is where compassion and facilities reach people together simultaneously, said a press release on Monday.
The CM laid the foundation stone of a solid and liquid waste management project for 95-gram panchayats worth Rs 34.55 crore and established of Common Service Centre project for 62-gram panchayats at a cost of Rs 2.48 crore, added the statement.
The projects will be implemented by the Panchayati Raj Department. The CM also inaugurated development projects worth about Rs. 21.10 crore in 24-gram panchayats carried out from performance grants. Furthermore, the CM dedicated to the public the development works of Rs 1.33 crore carried out by the Rural Engineering Department and aided by the Purvanchal Development Fund and Rs 20.46 crore under the Accelerated Economic Development Scheme, as per the statement.
The Chief Minister described these development works of road, street light, school rejuvenation, RO plant, marriage house, and waste management as a model of village development.
Extending his greetings to the people on the occasion of Diwali, Yogi said that the double-engine government of the centre and the state is trying to provide the benefits of the schemes of the government with full sensitivity to the person in the last rung of the society without discrimination.
The Chief Minister reached Tikoniya number three on Monday morning after creating a new world record of Deepotsav in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ayodhya on Sunday with lighting of 15.76 lakh diyas.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that for the last eight years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the benefits of government schemes are reaching every poor, farmer, woman and youth in the country without any discrimination.
He described the construction of toilets for 10 crore and houses under PM Awas Yojana to 3 crore people, the provision of free electricity connection to 4 crore poor people and free LPG connection to 8 crores, distribution of free ration to 80 crore people during Covid pandemic and giving health insurance coverage of upto Rs five lakh to 60 crore through Ayushman Bharat scheme and administering 200 Covid vaccines as an unprecedented success of public welfare schemes of the government.
The government is also moving ahead with the resolve to establish a harmonious society with sensitivity and working for the holistic development of the country through public welfare, he pointed out.
CM Yogi said that the rural economy is the real economy of India and forms the basis of a self-reliant India.
“If our villages are strong then the society will become self-reliant. When villages develop, the district, state and country will also develop. If there are basic facilities in the village, then every section of the village will be benefited.”
CM said that the BJP Government took several initiatives ranging from declaring a revenue village to giving land on lease and arranging for a dignified living for the upliftment of these communities. (ANI)
