Andhra Pradesh Governor S. Abdul Nazeer participated as the chief guest at the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ programme held at Lalpuram in Guntur district on November 24.
Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said the initiative is a nationwide campaign to raise awareness through outreach activities to achieve saturation of schemes of the Union government, across the country, covering all tribal, rural and urban areas. It’s objective is to reach out to the vulnerable sections of people who are eligible under various schemes, but have not availed of the benefits so far, he said.
The Governor said the campaign has been taken up with the active involvement of various ministries and Departments of the Union government and the State governments. He requested the public representatives, officials and non-officials, to actively participate in the campaign to create awareness among all sections of people, and to motivate them to avail of the benefits.
Earlier, Mr. Abdul Nazeer visited the stalls set up at the venue of the programme and flagged off the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ Mobile IEC vehicle. Later, some of the beneficiaries under the Central government flagship programmes shared their experiences. Booklets and calendars on the theme of ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ were released by the Governor.
Heny Christina, Chairperson, Zilla Parishad, Guntur District, K. Manohar Naidu, Mayor, Guntur Municipal Corporation, A. Ayodhya Rami Reddy, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, M. Sucharita, MLA, Prathipadu, M. Giridhara Rao, MLA, Guntur West, Ajay Jain, Special Chief Secretary, Housing & GSWS, Peeyush Kumar, State Prabhari Officer, Government of India, also attended the programme. M. Venu Gopal Reddy, Collector & District Magistrate, Guntur district presided over the programme.
