Ranchi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday (October 2) launch another ambitious tribal-centric scheme named Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA) with a total outlay of over Rs 79,150 crore from Hazaribagh. The Cabinet had recently approved the ambitious mission.
In all, the PM will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for various projects totalling Rs 83,000 crore.
Modi will also attend the concluding ceremony of the Jharkhand BJP’s ‘Parivartan Yatra’ aimed at ousting the incumbent JMM-Congress-RJD alliance government in the State.
The Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan will cover around 63,000 villages benefitting more than 5 crore tribal people in 549 districts and 2,740 blocks across 30 States and UTs. It aims to attain saturation of critical gaps in social infrastructure, health, education, livelihood, through 25 interventions implemented by various 17 Ministries and Departments of Government of India.
In order to boost the educational infrastructure for the tribal communities, the Prime Minister will inaugurate 40 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) and lay the foundation stone for 25 EMRS worth over Rs 2,800 crore.
The PM will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for multiple projects under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) worth over Rs 1360 crore. It includes more than 1380 kms of road, 120 Anganwadis, 250 multi-purpose centres and 10 school hostels.
Further, he will also unveil a series of landmark achievements under PM JANMAN, which include electrification of more than 75,800 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) households in around 3,000 Villages, operationalization of 275 Mobile medical units, operationalization of 500 Anganwadi centres, establishment of 250 Van Dhan Vikas Kendras and saturation of more than 5,550 PVTG Villages with ‘Nal se Jal’.
DAJGUA is the second mega Mission being launched from Jharkhand. The Prime Minister had launched the Rs 24,104-crore PM-JANMAN on Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas on November 15 last year from Birsa Munda’s birth place in Khunti. It aims to provide essential services like housing, clean water, sanitation, education, healthcare, and better road and telecom connectivity to PVTG families.
In the recent Lok Sabha polls, the BJP lost all the five ST parliamentary seats from Jharkhand, perceived to be due to the resentment of adivasis against the arrest of Chief Minister Hemant Soren in an alleged money laundering case. In the last Assembly elections too, tribals ensured JMM-led alliance’s win in 25 of the 28 ST seats that resulted in the ouster of the BJP-led NDA government in the State. The BJP is, therefore, on an overdrive to win the confidence of tribals back.
