Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid foundation stone for RsPradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’’ at Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh and announced that country would build five crore houses for those who have no money and land to make their dream of owning a house come true.
Modi concluded his four-hour long whirlwind Chhattisgarh trip with launch of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission at remote hilly village Kurubhat in Naxal-hit Rajnadgaon district. He revealed “the term Rurban has been coined by combining the words ‘’rural’’ and ‘’urban’’ which would enable cluster based development with a rural soul and urban amenities.”
The Rurban mission is basically aimed at providing urban-type best civic facilities in villages to check youths migration from rural hinterland to big cities in hunt of better life style.
Kick-starting his Chhattisgarh trip from Naya Raipur, Modi said at a function in presence of Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu, Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Das Tandon and Chief Minister Raman Singh, “country needs houses for all families and Government will construct houses for five crore poor families by 2022, the year when India achieves 75th year of Independence’’’’.
Elaborating his dream to provide housing for all, Modi said, “about 2 crore families in urban belt and roughly 3 crore families in rural areas have been starved of money to pursue their dream of having their own houses’’’’. At Naya Raipur where Modi laid the foundation stone, Chhattisgarh Government will construct 40,000 houses for poor families at highly subsidised rate. Modi urged public bodies in all States to take the lead to implement this scheme.
“Innovation is an inevitable element for the progress of any society and nation. During the last five decades the countries which have progressed, had focused more on innovation and entrepreneurship,” Modi remarked. He stated “Innovation will trigger development of the society as well as economic upliftment of the country.”
Referring to the Government’’s Skill India initiative, Modi said: “Almost 65 per cent of youth in India would benefit only if they have skills and exhorted youths to become job creators rather than job seekers’’’’.
Giving details about Rurban Mission at a public meeting in Rajnandgaon district to thousands of people who seated on rocks and hill tops and charged up atmosphere with non-stop RsModi, Modi’’ chant, Prime Minister said, “A huge country like India cannot have proper economic development unless even the remotest places are developed as growth centres and provided with urban facilities and good life like education, healthcare and internet while retaining the rural spirit,”.
He further remarked that Rurban mission would complement the Smart Cities initiative by creating Smart Villages.
In his lengthy speech at the launch of RsRurban mission’’ Prime Minister hailed people of Ambagarh Chowki and Chhuria blocks of Rajnandgaon district for creating history as both the remote poverty-hit blocks became free of open defecation with public awareness about which Modi termed Rsan inspiration for everyone’’.