Congress
President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone for a Rs
2,938-crore drinking water supply project at Jayal in Nagaur district of
Rajasthan on Thursday. This drinking water project would benefit more than 23
lakh people from nine towns and about 900 villages of Nagaur district. The
project, being supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA),
will be completed in four years.
Praising the
Ashok Gehlot Government in the state Sonia Gandhi said “In the journey of
development, the Congress-led Rajasthan Government has achieved another mile
stone by launching this project”.
Referring to
the acute water shortage in the state, the Congress President said “I am aware
that scarcity of water affects my sisters more than anyone else and they are
forced to travel miles to fetch water. They spend half of their life time
doing this. I also know that there was a time when people were reluctant to
marry from those regions in this state where there is scarcity of drinking
water. But today, the situation has changed positively and there will be more
improvements in the future”.
Sonia Gandhi
listed out various development initiatives of the Congress led UPA Government
at the Centre. Pointing out some of the land mark bills pending, the UPA
Chairperson said, “We (UPA) want that no one sleeps hungry. For that we wanted
to bring Food Security bill. To make sure that the people and poor farmers get
adequate price for their lands, we are now ready with the Land Acquisition
Bill”.
Striking a
chord with the people Sonia Gandhi said while concluding her speech, “I am
confident that that day is not very far when the entire state of Rajasthan will
be completely free from the menace of water scarcity”. She also urged the state
government to ensure the timely completion of the proposed project.
In the last
August, Sonia Gandhi had inaugurated another drinking water project in Barmer
district.
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