President Ram Nath Kovind visits model Sui village in Bhiwani district

Tribune News Service

Bhiwani, November 17

President Ram Nath Kovind visited the model village Sui in Bhiwani district which has charted the path of development under the self-motivated Adarsh Gram Yojana, today. He inaugurated public facilities there.

The President planted a Bodhisattva Peepal tree on this occasion. The President's wife Savita Kovind and her daughter Swati Kovind besides the Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, Chief Minister Manohar Lal and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, were present on the occasion.

This village is being developed as ‘Adarsh Gram’ by the Mahadevi Parameshwaridas Jindal Charitable Trust under the Haryana Government’s scheme, the Swa-Prerit Adarsh Gram Yojana (SPAGY). Speaking on the occasion, the President noted that SK Jindal and his family had made immense contributions in making Sui village a model village. “It is a good example of attachment and gratitude towards our motherland. I am sure that the villagers will make good use of the school, library, drinking water facilities and other amenities developed in the village.”, he said.

The President said rural development was the basis of national development in our village-dominated economy. He appreciated the Haryana Government for conceiving and implementing the Adarsh Gram Yojana. He said, “If all of us work for the development of our villages, then our country will become a developed nation.” He also interacted with children in the village school. Chief Minister Manohar Lal informed that the state government had started the ‘Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme’ to preserve the old trees as heritage. Under this scheme, a pension of Rs 2,500 is being given for the maintenance of ancient trees. He said the visit of the President to inaugurate Adarsh Gram Yojana would give new energy to the rural development of Haryana. Appreciating the Jindal Trust for contributing to the village's development, the CM said the government would undertake more projects in the village on priority basis. Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala proposed to the villagers to initiate a development project under the 'One Block One Product' scheme. He said, the government was ready to set up an industrial cluster in 50 acres here, which will be the first cluster to be built under the 'One Block One Product' scheme.