Union Minister of State for the Development of North-Eastern Region and Cooperation B.L. Verma has exhorted the people of Kerala to make the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, the Union government’s public outreach programme, a success.
The Minister attended an event organised in connection with the yatra at Thiruvangoor in Kozhikode on December 9. Mr. Verma pointed out that the development initiatives of the Union government had brought in rapid progressive changes in Kerala. Nearly 32,000 poor families were provided with houses under the PM Awas Yojana. Arrangements were made to provide clean drinking water to 36 lakh houses in the State as part of the Jal Jeevan Mission, he added.
Beneficiaries of the Ujjwala Yojana scheme in Chemanchery Grama Panchayat were provided free gas connection. The farmers in the panchayat were honoured. An awareness class was held for the farmers under the leadership of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, said a release.