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Suvarna Gramodaya Project launched by President

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Karnataka plan to include 1,000 villages every year lauded

GULBARGA: President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who launched the Suvarna Gramodaya Project by beating the "Nagari" (traditional drum) at Srinivas Saradgi village on Sunday, hoped that the project would help improve the quality of life in the 1,098 selected villages with increased opportunities for entrepreneurship.

Mr. Kalam devoted most of his 12-minute address to visualising the projected development in the selected villages and complimented the Karnataka Government for its plan to include 1,000 villages every year under the project.

He said the success of the project depended on the management of the funds available and the participation of government agencies, non-governmental organisations, educational institutions and small industries.

He said the Government should take steps to ensure that per capita income in these villages increased three times and that the villagers became literate.

The President stressed the need for optimum utilisation of the water available in these villages for their economic improvement by reviving the water bodies. Mr. Kalam said for achieving the objective of overall development of the villages and their economic empowerment, the Government should take initiatives by propagating horticulture and floriculture along with traditional agricultural practice. Agro-processing units and garment units and small industries should also come up in these villages.

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Mr. Kalam lauded the Government for banning arrack and said attempts should be made to make the people in rural areas free from the habit of drinking.

The President also congratulated the Government, particularly Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, for initiating a programme with rural development as the focal point.

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