Villages on the banks of Ganga are being developed as 'Ganga Gram': PM

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated various projects under the 'Namami Gange' Yojana and 'AMRUT' Yojana in Bihar.

Four schemes inaugurated on September 15 include sewerage treatment plants at Beur and Karam-Leechak in Patna city, as well as water-related projects in Siwan and Chhapra under the 'AMRUT' Yojana.

He said the scheme of Beur and Karam-Lichchak inaugurated in Patna, will benefit millions of people in this region. Along with this, the villages on the banks of Ganga are also being developed as 'Ganga Gram'.

Apart from this, foundation stones were laid for water supply projects in Munger and Jamalpur and River Front Development Scheme under Namami Gange in Muzaffarpur.

The Prime Minister said that even during the times of Corona, the work on various development projects progressed uninterrupted in Bihar.

He referred to the projects worth hundreds of crores of rupees which were inaugurated in the recent past in the state which would benefit the farmers of Bihar along with the development of infrastructure.

Modi said Bihar is the land of historical cities and has a rich heritage of thousands of years. After independence, Bihar was led by visionary leaders who tried their best to remove the distortions which developed during the era of slavery.

He added thereafter there was a lopsided development with changed priorities which resulted in urban infrastructure degradation and collapse of the rural infrastructure in the state.

The Prime Minister said when selfishness overtakes governance and the vote bank politics come into play then the already marginalized and deprived would be the most affected.

He said people of Bihar have endured this pain for decades when the basic needs like water and sewerage are not met. He said that People contract diseases by drinking dirty water under compulsion and a large part of his earnings go to treatment.

Under these circumstances, a very large section in Bihar had accepted debt, disease, helplessness, illiteracy as their fate.

Since 2014, almost complete control of infrastructure-related schemes has been given to Gram Panchayats or local bodies. Now, from the planning to implementation, and the maintenance of the schemes, the local bodies are able to meet the local needs and this is the reason that there is a continuous improvement in the infrastructure of basic amenities like drinking water and sewer in the cities of Bihar.

He said about 20 big and important cities of the state are located on the banks of the Ganga river. The cleanliness of Ganga river, cleanliness of Ganga water has a direct effect on crores of people living in these cities.

Keeping in mind the cleanliness of the Ganga river, the Prime Minister said more than 50 projects worth more than Rs 6000 crores have been approved in Bihar.

He said the government is making efforts to install many water treatment plants, in all the cities along the banks of the Ganges, to prevent the water of dirty drains from falling directly into the Ganges.