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PM Modi has spent Rs 30,000 crore in last 10 years for development of Chandigarh-Amit Shah; Watch Video
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Chandigarh, August 4, 2024: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that in last 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spent Rs 30,000 crore for the development of Chandigarh. Of this, Rs 29,000 crore has been spent on infrastructure and Rs 500 crore on railway development, he said.
He made the statement while inaugurating the water supply project Nyay Setu and launching the smart city mission in Chandigarh.
Amit Shah said that Narendra Modi since becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, has tried to improve the quality of life in cities by implementing the Smart City Scheme. He said Chandigarh was among the first smart cities to be announced. The Government of India has spent more than Rs.1000 crores under the Smart City project in Chandigarh.
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The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in his second term launched the scheme of providing clean water to every citizen and tap water to every household across the country under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
He said that in less than seven years, water has been provided in 150 million homes through tap, which has helped provide clean drinking water to 74 per cent of the country's households. Shri Shah said that after the launch of the 'Jal Jeevan Mission' scheme, there has been a reduction of 3 lakh diarrhoea-related deaths in the country. The number of people dying of diarrhoea was once four lakh
. He said that under 'Har Ghar Nal Se Jal', three crore connections were given in 2023. Shri Shah expressed confidence that before the end of Shri Narendra Modi's third term as Prime Minister, every household in the country will have access to clean tap water.
Amit Shah said that the government of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has worked to build Chandigarh as per the Smart City Concept. He said that five sewage treatment plants were set up in Chandigarh, arrangements were made for solid waste management in a 20 acres land area, work has been done to regularize traffic by setting up Integrated Command and Control Center, which reduced the cases of traffic violations by 40% and fatal road accidents by 31%.