Jagraon: Jagjit Singh Talwandi, former chairman, Punjab Small Scale Industries, along with Mohan Singh Talwandi, circle president, SAD, Raikot, and JE Jawahar Lal of block samiti, disbursed a grant of Rs 33 lakh for the development of 45 villages here yesterday.
The grant was given to sarpanches at Gurdwara Tahliana Sahib at Raikot.
Democracy," Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi once said, "is the art and science of mobilising the entire physical, economic and spiritual resources of various sections of the people in the service of the common good of all."
Asphaltation of 8 km-long Addei-Maipala road, a long-pending project in Kokkada village, has been included in the Pradhan Manthri Gram Sadak (PMGS) Yojana, said MLA K Vasanth Bangera.
Addressing a Samparka Sabhe organised by Mundoorpalike Abhivruddhi Samanvaya Samiti (MASS) at Mundoorpalike near here recently, he promised efforts for the allround development of the underdeveloped hamlet.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister, Gopal Bhargav met the Union Rural Development Minister, CP Joshi here today and requested the latter to accord early sanction to the Rs 791 crore pending proposals of nine districts under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
SHILLONG: Meghalaya is lagging behind other states in implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sarak Yojana (PMGSY). Though a total of 129 rural habitations were connected with roads in various parts of the State in the past one year, the progress is still inadequate.
Alok Gupta visits a Bihar village where people are building a road to get wives It seemed an usual evening gathering around the village well in Barwan Kala, full of banter and bonhomie, till matters got serious. One young man had just said,
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Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojana, the flagship rural road connectivity project, has failed to make much headway in coastal Orissa which has, of late, become a hub for a number of dreaded crime syndicates
WITH GANGSTERS on the prowl, the centrally-funded Prime Minister Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has become the latest casualty in coastal Orissa.
