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PM lauds policies on infrastructure, 'housing for all'
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SME Times News Bureau | 25 Jun, 2019
Four years into NDA's initiatives on infrastructure, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the government has ushered a new
paradigm in development and "no stone will be left unturned to fulfil
the dream of housing for all".
Modi tweeted: "Four years ago
today we started important initiatives PM Awas Yojana, AMRUT, Smart
Cities with the aim of #TransformingUrbanLandscape in India."
The
tweet elaborated that the infrastructure initiatives have not only
helped the nation to usher in a new paradigm of urban development "but
have also transformed crores of lives".
Elaborating, he said: "These initiatives have seen record investment, speed, use of technology and public participation."
He
emphasized that the government had an incremental view on further
improving the urban infrastructure and no stone will be left unturned in
this pursuit, "which will give wings to crores of aspirations".
The
BJP said separately that a total investment of Rs 4.83 lakh crore was
made for construction sector in projects under Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana during 2015-19.
The Centre approved assistance accounted for Rs 1.26 lakh crore, it tweeted.
Under
the scheme, 26 lakh houses have been completed, 81 lakh have been
approved for construction and 13 lakh houses were being built using new
technologies.
The BJP said that PM Awas Yojana had recorded a
massive success over its predecessor, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission.
Under the Smart Cities initiative, the BJP said,
the government had promoted citizen friendly infrastructure - 897
projects in 72 cities. Another 1,896 projects were under implementation
in 95 cities.
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