IMPHAL, January 8: The Office of the District Information Officer, Churachandpur has said that the launching programme of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) was organised at Kangvai village in Churachandpur on January 8.
According to a release of the Churachandpur DIO, the programme was graced by MP (LS/II-Outer Manipur) Thangso Baite as chief guest, Churachandpur DC, IAS, Lunminthang Haokip, CEO/ADCC, SDO, Mannuamching and District Level Officers. In his keynote address, the Deputy Commissioner has said that people have to change the outlook and control anti-social activities in order to make Kangvai village a Smart Village. Speaking on the sidelines of the launching programme, he further said that the government of India directed all MPs to select one village each under their constituency as a smart village.
Public awareness and social empowerment are the key most important features for a smart village, it said.
SAGY was launched by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan on October 11 with the aim to bring the member of parliament of all the political parties under the same umbrella while taking the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in villages and turn them into model villages.
Under the scheme, villages will be offered smart schools, universal access to health facilities and pucca housing to homeless villagers. The main goal of SAGY is to translate comprehensive and organic vision of Mahatma Gandhi into reality, keeping in view the present context. The scheme will have three distinct features which are Demand driven, Inspired by society and People`™s participation, it said.