President Pranab Mukherjee wants to connect village Panchayats of Haryana directly with the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi with the twin objective of developing these villages as smart villages and ensure that the works in these villages are carried out as per aspirations of the people, Secretary to the President, Omita Paul said on Monday.
She was addressing special gram sabhas in villages Dhaula and Harichandpur in district Gurgaon. The special gram sabha was organized as a step forward towards developing villages of Gurgaon as smart villages.
Omita Paul was accompanied by Director, Rashtrapati Bhavan Secretariat NK Sudhanshu, OSD to President of India Abhijit Roy and OSD Anjali Bakshi. Other officers of the team were also present.
Referring to the smart model village project, Paul said that new techniques would be used for making the villages smart so that people could perform multiple tasks at one time. She said that various important development works have been got completed in the Rashtrapati Bhavan during the last 3-4 years and on the same pattern, the smart villages of Haryana would be developed.
She said that top ranking institutes of the country having specialized in their respective fields of work have been included in the team for developing villages as smart villages.
Paul said, “we have come here to assist you and also make available the resources”, adding that people have to come forward if they want to make their villages smart. She said the responsibility of upkeep of the property to be developed under this project would be of the villagers. Hence, it is important for the villagers to assist the team for making this project a success, she added.
She said that in the first phase of smart model village project, the team would prepare development project of the village within a week after conducting the survey. She asked the villagers to initially constitute a team of 7-8 persons which would assist the team of Rashtrapati Bhavan Secretariat in developing the village as smart village. She also asked them to prepare a list of 4-5 major development projects so as to complete these in a phased manner.
To apprise the people about the smart model village project, a five-day training programme would be organized by Skill Development Corporation at Udhyog Kunj of village Alipur from July 9 to 13, she added.
Additional Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon, Viney Pratap Singh said that it was for the first time in the history that panchayats have been directly linked with Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The residents of these villages apprised Paul with their demands and assured their cooperation in making the villages smart.