The PM Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated various projects under
'Namami Gange' Yojana and 'AMRUT' Yojana in Bihar. Four schemes inaugurated
today 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. Apart from this, foundation stones were laid today for water supply
projects in Munger and Jamalpur and River Front Development Scheme under Namami
Gange in Muzaffarpur.
Mr PM 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.
The Prime Minister lauded the contribution of the Engineers
to the development of the country on the occasion of Engineer’s Day, which is
celebrated in the memory of India’s pioneering modern civil engineer, Sir
M. Visvesvaraya. Shri Modi said Bihar also significantly contributed towards
development of the country by producing millions of engineers.
Shri 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.
The Prime Minister said for the past few years efforts are
on to reverse the system and bring back the confidence to the most affected
section of society. The way the education of daughters has been given
priority, the participation of disadvantaged in local bodies including
Panchayati Raj is increasing and their confidence is growing. 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.
The Prime Minister said in the last 4-5 years, lakhs of
families have been provided access to drinking water in the urban areas of
Bihar under the Mission AMRUT and State Government schemes. In the coming
years, Bihar will be among those states of the country, where every house will
have a piped water supply. The people of Bihar have also worked continuously in
this crisis of Corona to achieve this big goal. He added Prime Minister Garib
Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan played a big role in providing water connections to more
than 57 lakh families in the last few months, in rural areas of Bihar due to
the work of the migrant labor, who returned to Bihar from other states.
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