Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and launched various projects worth over Rs 83,300 crore in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. This visit marks the second time in 17 days that PM Modi has been in Jharkhand, following his previous visit to Jamshedpur on September 15.
Prime Minister Modi took to the official handle of the BJP to write, “Today, once again, I have the privilege of being a participant in the development journey of Jharkhand. I came to Jamshedpur a few days ago, where I launched development projects worth hundreds of crores of rupees for Jharkhand.”
“Thousands of poor people in Jharkhand received their own pucca houses under the PM Awas Yojana. And now, within a few days, the foundation stone and inauguration of development projects worth more than Rs 80 thousand crore have been completed in Jharkhand today. These schemes are related to the welfare and upliftment of tribal society”, he added.
To boost educational infrastructure for tribal communities, the Prime Minister inaugurated 40 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) and laid the foundation stone for 25 EMRS, worth over Rs 2,800 crore.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, this initiative will cover approximately 63,000 villages across 549 districts and 2,740 blocks in 30 states and Union Territories, directly benefiting over 5 crore tribal people.
The Prime Minister also launched the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan scheme, with a total outlay of over Rs 79,150 crore. As per party sources, PM Modi held a meeting with the tribal community in Ranchi, after which he headed to Hazaribagh’s Gandhi Maidan to attend the closing ceremony of the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra.
Earlier in the day, prior to PM Modi’s visit, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren highlighted the significant enthusiasm among the people to welcome PM Modi. Jharkhand is expected to hold elections for its 81-member legislative assembly by December 2024, as the current government’s tenure is set to end in January 2025.
The Election Commission has yet to announce the election schedule. In the 2020 assembly election, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won 30 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 25, and the Congress won 16.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Modi marked 10 years of the “Swachhata Hi Seva” campaign and stated that the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ is the world’s biggest and most successful movement of this century, which will be remembered by the people for many years to come. He emphasized that the Swachh Bharat Mission has reflected the energy of the people through public participation and leadership.
Addressing an event at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on Wednesday, PM Modi said, “A thousand years from now, when studies are conducted about India in the 21st century, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan will be remembered. In this century, Swachh Bharat is the world’s biggest and most successful people’s resolution, led and joined by the people.” He remarked that the more successful the Swachh Bharat Mission is in the country, the more our nation will shine.
The Swachhta Abhiyan is a nationwide campaign in India to promote hygiene and cleanliness and eliminate open defecation. The campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2, 2014.
On August 15, 2014, PM Modi delivered a powerful message from the ramparts of the Red Fort, calling for cleanliness to become a national priority and urging citizens to join in this mission. This led to the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission on October 2, 2014, which embraced a ‘whole-of-government’ approach to make sanitation the responsibility of all.