Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi would launch the ambitious Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission at Kurrubhath in Dongargarh block of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.<br/><br/>Four clusters of adjacent villages in Rajnandgaon, Dhamtari, Bastar and Kabirdham district would be developed in the state during the first stage of this mission.More details from our correspondent-<br/><br/>The National Rurban Mission intends to bridge the rural-urban divide by bringing civic and infrastructural amenities to clusters of villages across states evolving a new mantra for urbanization.<br/><br/>The mission named after the great leader Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, would focus on developing 300 clusters by 2020 to spur economic, social and infrastructure development in rural areas. It would also help reduce migration of people towards the cities. <br/><br/>The states would identify clusters of geographically adjacent Gram Panchayats with 25 to 50 thousand population in the plains and 5 to 15,000 in desert, hilly or tribal areas.<br/><br/>A clutch of 14 components has been outlined to ensure a basic level of development in a cluster, the key ones being skill development linked to economic activities, digital literacy, fully-equipped mobile health units, inter-village road connectivity, e-gram connectivity, public transport, LPG connections, sanitation and piped water supply.<br/><br/>Prime Minister Mr. Modi would also inaugurate the Jan Aushadhi Medical Store Scheme which includes setting up of one hundred Generic Medicine Stores in the state.<br/><br/>Earlier, the Prime Minister would lay the foundation stone for housing scheme and the electronic manufacturing cluster in Naya Raipur.<br/><br/>Under the scheme, 40,000 houses would be constructed for families belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections and Lower Income Groups towards achieving the target of Housing for All by 2022 under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana. <br/><br/>The electronic manufacturing cluster would be developed on 70 acres of land in Naya Raipur at an estimated cost of Rs. 90 crore.<br/><br/>It is estimated to garner capital investment of Rs. 2,000 crore and create employment opportunities for over 3,800 youths.
News On AIR | February 20, 2016 9:52 PM
PM to launch National Rurban Mission in Chhattisgarh tomorrow