Six rural clusters selected under Rurban Mission

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, April 16

Six clusters of Haryana have been selected under the phase-I of the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM), which strives to strengthen rural areas by providing economic, social and infrastructure amenities and ensure sustainable and balanced regional development in the country. These clusters are Kosli in Rewari, Badli in Jhajjar, Barara in Ambala, Samin in Fatehabad, Uchana Khurd in Jind and Balla in Karnal.

An official spokesman said the objective of the mission was to create urban-like infrastructure and services along with providing better economic opportunities in rural areas.

He said it was estimated that Rs 100 crore would be the size of the plan to be extended through convergence of the existing state and Central schemes. The first installment of Rs 9 crore per cluster had been released against Rs 30 crore of critical gap funding, he added.

He said the Integrated Cluster Action Plan had been formulated after a detailed study of areas through professional agencies.