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ApnaBundelkhand.com, Lucknow: It has been raining money in
Budelkhand. After chief minister Mayawati allocated Rs 1,200 to
Bundelkhand in
her budget announced just a fortnight ago, another gift hamper comes
along its
way -- this time from Delhi. The special assistance package of Rs 1,200
crore
from the Centre is a much welcome pre-Holi gift to the parched region,
known so
far for farmers' suicides and sever drought condition and the highest
rate of
migration.
The money, says state minister for rural development at
the Centre, Pradeep Jain, "would go a long way in strengthening the
infrastructure network, specially in the irrigation, draught management
and
energy sector. It has been a pleasant surprise as the Centre had already
sanctioned Rs 4,000 crore for its development only in November 2009
apart from
clearing a proposal to take up the region under the repairs renovation
and
restoration (RRR) of water bodies programme, he said.
The five
districts of southern UP, populated predominantly by dalits and
backwards, have
been the main focal area of confrontation between the Congress and the
BSP over
the last two years. From Mayawati's promise to carve out a separate
Bundelkhand
if the Centre so proposed, to Rahul Gandhi's aborted bid to set up a
separate
development authority, there has been no let up in heat.
And even the
jubilant Congressmen pat themselves on the back for acting as saviours
the
region needed and never got till Rahul Gandhi stepped on to its soil,
the
"measly allocation'' in the Union budget has only raised Mayawati's ire.
A terse
note released by the CM office questions the pittance announced by the
Dilli
sarkar. The UPA has been making such hue and cry over Bundelkhand but
the
pittance allocated to it in the budget clearly reflects its mentality
and true
intentions of the Congress party, it quotes the CM. She had been
demanding a
package of Rs 80,000 crores but the Congress party has consistently
ignored it
so far, Mayawati complained.
As of now, it's a draw between the
Congress and BSP, said a party leader. Behanji had given Bundelkhand Rs
1,200 in
the budget and the Centre has only faithfully copied her to the last
zero, he
said adding they could have done much better given their resources. But
unmindful of the fierce politicking, it is time to celebrate for
Bundelas who
have actually been out on streets with their drums and cymbals since the
news of
"yet another instalment'' trickled in this afternoon. Font(+) | Font(-)
ApnaBundelkhand.com, Lucknow: It has been raining money in
Budelkhand. After chief minister Mayawati allocated Rs 1,200 to
Bundelkhand in
her budget announced just a fortnight ago, another gift hamper comes
along its
way -- this time from Delhi. The special assistance package of Rs 1,200
crore
from the Centre is a much welcome pre-Holi gift to the parched region,
known so
far for farmers' suicides and sever drought condition and the highest
rate of
migration.
