PM Modi lays foundation stone, inaugurates rail and road projects worth Rs 4,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh

By  Firstdespatch Desk   Aug 12, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated rail and road projects worth about 4,000 crore rupees in a program organized at Dhana in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. Mr. Modi performed Bhumi Pujan of the memorial and temple of Sant Ravidas, which took shape at a cost of about 100 crores rupees on 11 acres of land at Badtuma near Sagar. He also unveiled the plaque.
 
Along with this, the Samarsata Yatra which started from five places of the state also concluded today.
 
On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government is making all out efforts to end hunger and poverty. He said, that's why we started Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana adding that Dalit, deprived, tribal and backward classes are getting the maximum benefit of this scheme. Mr. Modi said that for the first time in the country, the Dalit backward community is getting the respect which was not received in the previous governments.
 
Mentioning various public welfare schemes of the government, Mr. Modi said that from the Matru Vandana Yojana on the birth of a child to Mission Indradhanush, Ayushman Bharat for free treatment, 701 Eklavya residential schools in tribal areas for education, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana for daughters, Mudra Yojana and Stand Up Yojana to make the youth self-reliant, are bringing changes in the lives of the downtrodden, deprived and backward classes.
 
He informed that 8,000 crore rupees have been given to the youth of these sections under the Stand Up scheme. Referring to the government's campaign against diseases, the Prime Minister said that a campaign to eradicate sickle cell anemia is being run to treat seven crore people. Similarly, a campaign is going on to get rid of TB by 2025.
 
Mr. Modi said that the Mahakumbh of harmony is visible in Sagar. He said that there will be grandeur as well as divinity in the memorial of Saint Ravidas.
 
Referring to the rail and road projects, Mr. Modi said that when inspiration and progress join together, a new era of development begins. He said that this will further improve the connectivity of Sagar.
 
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also addressed the meeting. Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangu Bhai Patel, Union Ministers Dr. Virendra Kumar, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Prahlad Patel and ministers of state government and MPs were present in the programme.