BJP govt has taken development, good governance to backward districts: PM

YADGIR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka has brought development and good governance in those districts which were declared backward by previous governments.

“We brought development and good governance in those districts that were announced as backward by the previous governments. We encouraged the aspiration of development in these districts. The way the development is being carried out in north Karnataka is appreciable.

As India has completed 75 years of her independence, now is the time it marches ahead with yet stronger spirits in the coming times,” PM Modi said while addressing a public gathering in Karnataka’s Yadgiri after inaugurating the Narayanpur Left Bank Canal – Extension, Renovation and Modernisation project in the district.

Modi on Thursday reached the poll-bound state and inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects in the Yadgiri district. This is the second such visit by the Prime Minister to Karnataka this month. He was in Hubballi on January 12 to inaugurate the National Youth Festival, during which he had held a massive road show.

PM further said that projects pertaining to water security, farmer welfare, and connectivity are being launched, which will significantly benefit the region. “When Jal Jeevan Mission started 3.5 years ago, out of 18 crore rural households only 3 crore rural households had a tap water connection.

“Today, about 11 crore rural families in the country are getting tap water. The ongoing developmental projects would not only enhance the ease of living in the areas of Yadgir, Kalaburagi, and Raichur but will also strengthen the employment therein. I heartily congratulate the people of Karnataka for this,” he stated.

He also said that the country is moving forward to fulfill new resolutions for the next 25 years which is Amrit Kaal for “every person”. Hailing the ‘development’ done by the Basavaraj Bommai government in the state, Modi said that work has been started today on the part of the Surat-Chennai Economic Corridor which falls in Karnataka.

Praising the history of Yadgir, PM said that the great rule of Raja Venkatappa Nayaka here in this place leaves a wonderful trail in history. “It houses marvellous monuments and possesses prosperous culture and traditions. I bow before the historical and heritage land of Yadgir”, the PM added.

A Lambani woman blesses Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the title deed distribution ceremony in Sedam on Thursday.

At the event distribute title deeds to 51,000 residents of new revenue villages in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district, the PM the move will help improve their lives and expressed happiness over declaring more than 3,000 tribal tandas (hamlets) as revenue villages. He also congratulated Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, other ministers and legislators for the move.

The double engine government is committed to the welfare of the Lambani community, who had been denied their rights and had only been treated as a votebank so far, he noted. “Aap ka ek beta Dilli mein baitha hai (one of your sons is sitting in Delhi)”, he reassured the community.

Highlighting the various schemes of the BJP government, he said it was the Banjaras who created water sources in the arid regions of Gujarat and Rajasthan and added that it was his good fortune that he could serve the community. (With Agency inputs)