Will not the common man want to know why the Congress President Sonia Gandhi had been waiting for nine and half years to fulfil the promises to provide , all she is dolling out now ?
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had promised in 2005 : “Bharat Nirman will be a time-bound business plan for action in rural infrastructure for the next four years. Under Bharat Nirman, action is proposed in the areas of irrigation, road, rural housing, rural water supply, rural electrification and rural telecommunication connectivity. We have set specific targets to be achieved under each of these goals so that there is accountability in the progress of this initiative.”
Why the announcement shown in the 700 Crore budgeted and funded from Government exchequer, "Bharat Nirman 2013 " will not be treated by the public as false and cheating when these essential and much needed doles and services were not given for last nine years ?
Bharat Nirman promised by the Congress led UPA I and UPA II that :
A time-bound plan for rural infrastructure by the Government of India in partnership with State Governments and Panchayat Raj Institutions as per 2005-2009 Bharat Nirman: Tasks and Targets as promised :
• Every village to be provided electricity: remaining 1,25,000 villages to
be covered by 2009 as well as connect 2.3 crore households
RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????
• Every habitation over 1000 population and above (500 in hilly and tribal
areas) to be provided an all-weather road: remaining 66,802 habitations
to be covered by 2009
RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????
• Every habitation to have a safe source of drinking water: 55,067
uncovered habitations to be covered by 2009. In addition all habitations
which have slipped back from full coverage to partial coverage due to
failure of source and habitations which have water quality problems to
be addressed
RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????
• Every village to be connected by telephone: remaining 66,822 villages
to be covered by November 2007
RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????
• 10 million hectares (100 lakhs) of additional irrigation capacity to be
created by 2009
RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????
• 60 lakh houses to be constructed for the rural poor by 2009
While the agenda is not new, the effort here is to impart a sense of urgency
to these goals, make the programme time-bound, transparent and
accountable. These investments in rural infrastructure will unlock the
growth potential of rural India by 2009.
RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????
The current programme must announce predominantly what and of course how much the present Government has been able to achieve of target from their earlier promise ? This will be a justified way of using such a huge budget in the current advertisement, "Bharat Nirman 2013 ".