Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president and parliamentarian Nandkumar Singh Chouhan has said that after including three cities of Madhya Pradesh in Smart city project, 60 villages have now been selected as Smart villages.
He stated that after including three cities including Bhopal, Indore and Gwalior in the Smart city project, the Central government has come out with another unique scheme for development of villages as Smart Villages and under this, these villages would be developed in agriculture and self-reliance in electricity etc.
As many as 20 villages each from Rajgarh, Sehore and Satna have been selected under this scheme.
Chouhan informed that under this scheme of Smart Village Project of NABARD, facilities would be made available and the villages would be developed. This would enhance agriculture in the selected villages. Under this three-year project, besides agriculture based development, other works would also be encouraged, he added.
Besides, Chouhan said that 30 villages in Ghoradongari tehsil of Betul district, landscape Development Project has been initiated with International support.
Accepting the challenge of changes in weather conditions, the Central government has initiated Smart Village Project and thus efforts would be made as how to boost the agriculture in the changing weather conditions. He expected that project implementation in 60 villages of Madhya Pradesh would prove as a milestone in the country. It has come to fore that water conservation would be pivotal in developing the villages as Smart Villages.