Previous govts neglected development, says Modi
PM IN MIRZAPUR ‘Centre looking forward to New India for inclusive growth’ MIRZAPUR:
Accusing the previous governments of neglecting development schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government at the Centre was looking forward to a ‘New India’ to ensure inclusive growth.
“The ‘New India’ will ensure education for children, jobs for unemployed, medicine for the poor and irrigation facility for farmers. The ‘New India’ will have all the facilities and the system will be transparent,” Modi said after launching development projects worth over Rs 4,000 crore in Mirzapur.
“The government aims to double farmers’ income by 2022 and end the divide between the rich and the poor,” he said.
The PM also dedicated the Bansagar canal project to the nation, laid the foundation stone for the Mirzapur Medical College, inaugurated 108 Jan Aushadhi Kendras and launched various development projects. He also dedicated a bridge over the Ganga at Balughat, Chunar, which will facilitate connectivity between Mirzapur and Varanasi.
Terming the Vindhyas as ‘divya’ (divine) and ‘alaukik’ (supernatural), he said the place enjoyed the blessings of Maa Vindhyavasini and promised all round development of the region.
Targeting the previous governments on farmers’ issues, Modi said: “Those who are shedding crocodile tears for farmers today, you must ask them why they didn’t complete irrigation projects when they were in power. Why did they leave these works incomplete?”
He said had the previous governments completed the Bansagar project, the foundation of which was laid in 1978, the country could have saved a lot of money.
“When the foundation of the project was laid, its estimated cost was Rs 300 crore, which has now gone up to Rs 3,500 crore. Are they not responsible for the wastage of public money? Had Bansagar project been completed earlier, you would have been benefited by it two decades ago,” he said.
He added that Bansagar was not the only project which was neglected by previous governments and added his government identified all developments projects that were stuck and brought them on track.
He appealed to the people to use the water of Bansagar project