Our priority is development, not vote bank politics, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Karnataka.

With the objective of providing safe and adequate drinking water to every household, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for Yadgiri multi-village drinking water supply scheme, under the Jal Jeevan Mission."Political parties that were previously the government, encouraged vote bank politics rather than working for and investing in roads, electricity and water infrastructure. They hindered all schemes in vote bank politics. Our priority is development and not vote bank politics," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the launch of various development projects in Karnataka.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated a slew of projects in Karnataka

On Thursday, PM Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated a slew of projects with regards to the development of irrigation, drinking water, and a National Highway in the Kodekal district of Karnataka.

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Bhagwanth Khuba, and several other ministers from the state cabinet, legislators and officials were also present at the inauguration event.

With the objective of providing safe and adequate drinking water to every household, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for Yadgiri multi-village drinking water supply scheme, under the Jal Jeevan Mission.

A water treatment plant of 117 MLD will also be constructed under the scheme.

PM Modi further stated that the Jal Jeevan Mission started 3.5 years ago, and out of 18 crore rural households, only 3 crore had a tap water connection. Today, about 11 crore rural families in the country are getting tap water.

The Yadgiri district project, which has an estimated cost of more than Rs 2,050 crore, will provide potable water to around 2.3 lakh households across more than 700 rural settlements and three towns.

We brought development & good governance in those districts that were announced backward by the previous governments, added PM Modi. Read More on..