President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday inaugurated Adarsh village Sui in Haryana’s Bhiwani district, developed under the Swa-Prerit Adarsh Gram Yojana.
The President, while speaking on the occasion said that rural development is the basis of national development in our village dominated economy.
He appreciated the Haryana Government for conceiving and implementing the Adarsh Gram Yojana. If all of us work for the development of our villages, then our country would become a developed nation, he said.
The President also expressed confidence that by making good use of school, library, drinking water facilities and other amenities developed in the village, children and youth of this village would make remarkable achievements in the field of education, health and sports.
The first lady of the country, Savita Kovind, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, several Cabinet Ministers among other dignitaries were also present during the programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that many development works have been done in the Sui village under the Adarsh Gram Yojana and because of these development works, the main objective of the government's Swa-Prerit Adarsh Gram Yojana is also being achieved.
He said that with a new lake, parks, auditorium, library, roads, streets and government school, Sui village has got a modernised look.
He said that industrialist SK Jindal, a native of village Sui, has completed many development works in the village and has set an example for other people.
The Chief Minister said that similarly, 205 people from Haryana who live abroad have expressed their desire to get development work done in their native villages.
He informed that the State Government has started Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana so that the benefits of all schemes can reach to the last person as well as all eligible families. A cluster of small industries will be formed in 50 acres under 'One Product-One Block' in village Sui and surrounding villages, which will create new employment opportunities.
Considering the interest of youth towards sports in the village, possibilities will be explored for sports projects, he said.
According to the demand made by the villagers, a road will be built through a marketing board from Sui to Dang village on 5 Karam path. A project will be made for ensuring clean drinking water supply in the village. A water treatment plant will also be built to prevent the dirty water of Bhiwani city from entering the village, the Chief Minister added.
Khattar further said that it is a matter of pride that on the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Haryana Government had started a scheme to make model villages.
Highlighting the achievements of the Haryana Government before the President, the Chief Minister said that a Pond Authority has been constituted in Haryana to clean the ponds. There are 8000 ponds in the state. The government will initially get the big ponds cleaned, after that the small ponds will be cleaned. In this way the ponds of the entire state will be cleaned, he said.
The Chief Minister informed that the State Government is making efforts to implement the National Education Policy. The target is to implement this education policy across the country by 2030, while the Haryana government has targeted to implement this policy only by 2025, he said.
Praising the sports policy and sportspersons of Haryana, he said that the state has an important place in sports. Haryana players get 25 to 40 percent of the medals received at national and international level across the country.
The State Government is making constant efforts to promote sports and sportspersons and other states are visiting Haryana to study its sports policy after being impressed by the success achieved by Haryana in the field of sports, he added.