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Gift of development to Maharashtra Nation
Focus on transparency
Improving the quality
and quality in construction
of life through sanitation
of houses
Before the year 2014, two schemes were running Cleanliness is an important factor in
to provide houses to the poor. The condition of the improving the quality of life. Swachh Bharat
houses that were being built under the scheme Abhiyan is not just limited to the construction
was so bad that the beneficiaries of the schemes of toilets. A lot of focus is also being laid on
waste management in this campaign. Huge
refused to accept more than two lakh houses built.
mountains of garbage have become a big
After 2014, transparency was
problem in the cities, so now the work of
brought in the construction of
making 'Kachre Se Kanchan' is being done
these houses, and the quality
on a mission mode to remove such
also improved. About four crore mountains of garbage.
people have been provided
houses by the government.
A new chapter in the
lives of Pune residents
n Opening of Services on the entire section of
two corridors of Pune Metro Phase-I
n Metro running between Civil Court to
Phugewadi and Garware College to Ruby Hall
Clinic.
n Metro will connect Shivaji Nagar, Civil Court,
Pune Municipal Corporation Office, Pune RTO
and Pune Railway Station.
n Chhatrapati Sambhaji Udyan Metro Station
and Deccan Gymkhana Metro Station are
designed to resemble the cap worn by the
soldiers of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
n Civil Court Metro Station is one of the deepest
metro stations in the country with a depth of
33.1 meters.
n The foundation stone of the Pune Metro
project was laid by PM Modi in the year 2016.
n 2650 houses constructed under PMAY were
handed over to the beneficiaries.
n 1280 houses built by Pimpri Chinchwad
Municipal Corporation handed over to the
and other neighboring states have the potential to beneficiaries.
inject new energy into Maharashtra's economy.
Emphasizing the need to improve public transport country has increased to more than 800 kilometers
infrastructure to improve the quality of life, PM Modi and work is going on for 1,000 kilometers of new
said that the metro network is being expanded, new metro lines. Before 2014, the metro network was
flyovers are being built. Emphasis is being laid on limited to only 5 cities, which has reached 20 cities
reducing the number of traffic lights. Before 2014, today. During his visit to Maharashtra, PM Modi
there was only 250 kilometers of metro network in also visited and offered prayers at the
the country, whereas today the metro network in the Dagdusheth temple in Pune.
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