Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has stressed the need to involve the people in the process of development and reach the fruits of development to the common people. <br/><br/>He was speaking at the nationwide launch of the ambitious Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee National Rurban Mission at Kurrubhath in Dongargarh block of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh today. <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. AIR correspondent report:- "Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi said that the National Rurban Mission intends to bridge the rural-urban divide by bringing civic and infrastructural amenities to clusters of villages and making them smarter evolving a new mantra for urbanization. <br/><br/>The mission would focus on developing 300 clusters within a span of three years to spur economic, social and infrastructure development in rural areas. The work relating to one hundred such clusters would be taken up this year, he added.<br/><br/>Mr. Modi further said that the soul of our villages would be retained while providing urban facilities and after strengthening of villages the rate of migration of people towards the cities could be reduced. With this, the pressure on the basic amenities and resources of the big cities would be lowered and it would automatically promote overall development in different parts of the country. " <br/><br/>Prime Minister Mr. Modi inaugurated the Jan Aushadhi Medical Store Scheme which includes setting up of one hundred Generic Medicine Stores in the state. He also formally declared the two blocks of Ambagarh-Chouki and Chhuria in the state as open defecation free and felicitated the inspiring workers giving valuable contribution in the Swachta Abhiyan.<br/><br/>Earlier, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for housing scheme and the electronic manufacturing cluster in Naya Raipur. 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 90 crore rupees. It is expected to garner capital investment of 2,000 crore rupees and create employment opportunities for over 3,800 youths.