By ensuring development and cleanliness besides social, cultural development of rural belts with collective responsibility and action, the parliamentarians from Punjab on Monday promised to give a total facelift to 19 villages adopted by them under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, on pilot basis.
Participating in orientation program for MPs and District Collectors, the MPs and Deputy Commissioners took pledge to provide all needful support in planning, implementation of program at grass root level vis-à-vis bringing best practices to make these villages as Adarsh villages.
MPs lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for all round development of villages ensuring active participation of elected representatives of all parties, bureaucracy and rural population.
They said that adopted villages would be made model grams under all existing government schemes and programs. They said that primary focus would be inculcated pride in village, encourage societal change, moving ahead with collective responsibility and initiate people projects.
Punjab Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Sikander Singh Maluka, the chief coordinator of the orientation program, said that this program would surely witness change in existing setup by converging and implementing existing schemes.
“This system is so transparent that we can access output and outcome on the ground. Primarily, 19 villages have been adopted by 13 lok Sabha and six Rajya Sabha members with a target to give these a total facelift by 2016 making these model villages,” said Rakhra.
He also exhorted the Deputy Commissioners to make this program a big success by regularly monitoring the ongoing development and cleanliness initiatives in the adopted villages.
Aam Aadmi Party’s MP from Patiala. Dharamvir Gandhi, who has adopted Marori village, said that his main focus was to eliminate drug addiction, besides creating requisite infrastructure in villages including toilets, supply of potable water, timely cleanliness and renovation of village ponds with the help of local residents and administration.
AAP’s MP from Faridkot Sadhu Singh maintained that after making adopted 19 villages as model villages, this scheme would be implemented in entire state to enable all villages as model villages.
Describing the initiative as game changer in social, cultural, healthcare, education and employment sector, Rajya Sabha MP Balwinder Singh Bhunder said that Deputy Commissioners could become catalyst to provide basic facilities to needy rural population including health facilities, launching concept of smart schools, pucca houses to villagers besides other basic facilities. He said he has adopted Kot Dharmu village of Mansa district, where he would try to bring massive transformation in all areas.