Sonia Gandhi visit Raebareli launches development projects

March 26, 2013

25 March 2013:Congress president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi paid a one-day visit to her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli on Monday. Congress leader launched various development projects in the constituency. The people of Raebareli have all reasons to be more happy and colourful on this occasion of Holi as the MP gifted more projects to boost development in the region.
Sonia Gandhi reached Fursatganj airport on Monday morning and her first programme was to inaugurate the newly constructed Superintendent of Post Office’ building (administrative office building of Post Offices) and sub- post office at Malik Mau Motor Chowk of Jawahar Vihar colony of Raebareli city.
The Congress MP then proceeded to Budhanpur where she laid the foundation stone for a FM Radio station. The FM radio station will be set up in the area of 2.86 acre of land and will be commissioned within one year of time. The Centre has sanctioned about 10 crore 50 lakhs rupees for the project. The 20 KW FM station at Raebareli will provide coverage up to radial distance of about 65 to 70 kilometers and is expected to cover a population of about 60 lakhs. With the existing FM transmitters about 37 percent population of the state are covered and after commissioning of this FM transmitter and 10 KW transmitters at Banda and Mau, the AIR FM coverage in the state is expected to increase up to 46 percent of the population.
Sonia Gandhi later visited Kila Bazar to lay the foundation stone for the Rajkiya Balika Inter College where she also kick-started a Solar Lights project provided by NTPC. Thereafter, the UPA Chairperson presided over a district district vigilance and monitoring committee at Bachat Bhawan to review the progress of various on-going projects and central schemes. Earlier the Congress leader also met the family members of Dr. Leena Singh and Dr. Naithan who had expired recently and paid condolences. Before returning to Delhi Sonia Gandhi distributed tricycles for physically handicapped persons at a function at Ryan International School in which 150 cycles were distributed. She also gave away other accessories like hearing aids for differently-abled persons. At the venue, she incidentally came in contact with a handicapped person named Vijay and while interacting with him Sonia Gandhi could realise that his name was not there in the list of persons to whom the tricycles were given. She immediately asked the officials to include his name also in the list and a cycle was given to him immediately. Vijay, while thanking Sonia Gandhi for her kindness, also requested her to help him to get an employment.
Congress MP quickly asked her representative to take note of this and assured Vijay all possible help from her side in this regard. The Congress President once again has underlined the fact that she has a special bond, affection, care and love towards the people of Raebareli