Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused Modi-led Government of creating hurdle in the development process in her Parliamentary constituency Raebareli.
She expressed deep concerns over the bad shape of roads in Raebareli while chairing the District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting in the district on first day of her visit to her Parliamentary constituency on Wednesday. She claimed to have decided to write a letter to the Central Government to immediately release funds meant for Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY).
“Serious concerns were expressed that the Central Government has not released Rs61 crore meant for Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) scheme and a decision was taken to send a letter for the same,” Chief Development Officer (CDO) of Rae Bareli, Anup Kumar Srivastava said.
It was also decided to provide fluoride free water to 1,344 hamlets of the district for which a letter would be written to the Central Government to make Rs1,344 crore available, the CDO said, adding a decision was taken to set up stabilisers where voltage was a problem in functioning of tube wells for irrigation purposes. The Committee, which is dominated by ruling Samajwadi Party, hailed the State Government for providing its share of monetary help to farmers hit by the natural calamity, floods and hailstorm even as it alleged that the Centre’s share was still awaited. Surendra Vikram Singh (SP MlA) and Dinesh Pratap Singh (Cong MlC) also had heated exchange of
words over probe into the installation of solar lights by the Zila Panchayat.
Earlier Sonia Gandhi also unveiled the statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at the Zila Panchayat campus and garlanded the statue of Indira Gandhi.