28 July,2009 02:18 PM IST | | PTI
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to press for the implementation of a Central government report for a package of Rs 8000 crore for development of the backward Bundelkhand region. He was accompanied by a delegation of Congress leaders.
"The delegation wanted the implementation of a Central report which had recommended a package of Rs 8000 crore for Bundelkhand along with the creation of a separate Bundelkhand Development Authority for the development of the area," AICC general secretary and in-charge of UP Digvijay Singh told reporters after the meeting at the residence of the PM.
Singh said that Gandhi had travelled to the Bundelkhand area situated along the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh last summer and saw the acute poverty, migration of workers and the plight of the people.
He said after the visit Gandhi met the Prime Minister which led the Centre to constitute a team to look into the issues of the area.
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"The team had recommended a package of Rs 8000 crore for the development of Bundelkhand. The delegation wanted the Centre to implement the report of the team," Singh added.
He said the delegation also wanted the creation of a separate Bundelkhand Development Authority, under the Central government, for speedy development of the region. "The PM has assured that the demands of the delegation will be looked into," Singh added.
