<span style="color: black;">Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting & Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Singh Thakur has said the strong leadership of Prime Minister  Narendra Modi helped in ensuring free COVID vaccination protection to all the citizens of the country in an equitable manner. He said the Union Government is providing vaccine protection cover to all the countrymen at a cost of about 35 thousand crores.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">Addressing a public meeting in Panjot Gram Panchayat of Bhoranj assemby segmemt after inaugurating two upgraded roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) on the concluding day of two day visit to Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, Mr Thakur said that during the Corona crisis, Prime Minister  Narendra Modi set an example in the whole world by providing free ration for 15 months to 80 crore people under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY).<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">He further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi developed the best infrastructure in all the border areas along with the construction of state-of-the-art highways during past seven years that enabled security forces to strengthen their positions along the borders of the country.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">Union Minister said that Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) launched during the tenure of Atal Bihari Vajpayee has changed the fate and landscape of rural India.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">He added, that due to the outstanding implementation of this scheme during the Chief Ministership of Prem Kumar Dhumal, the roads connectivity has reached to the remote villages of Himachal Pradesh.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: black;">The Minister reiterated his appeal to the people to imbibe the mantra of cleanliness in their daily routine.</span><br />