Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually interacts with woman drone pilot of Prakasam district during Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra
The Hindu
PM Modi interacted with SHG member K. Venkata Ramanamma, a trained drone pilot, during Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra. He stressed the need for women's participation in the programme & lauded the use of drones in agriculture. Governor S. Abdul Nazeer attended the event & appealed to people to help develop the nation. Stalls on 'Poshan Abhiyaan', 'Drones' & other schemes attracted villagers in Eluru.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually interacted with Self Help Group (SHG) member and trained drone pilot K. Venkata Ramanamma of Prakasam district during the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra programme on Thursday.
“Use of drones in agriculture will help to save time and water. It took 12 days for me to complete training to fly the drone,” Ms. Ramanamma explained.
Mr. Modi said the use of drones in agriculture will emerge as a symbol of women’s empowerment in future and stressed the need for participation of women in the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.
Governor attends programme
Participating in the programme at Machilipatnam, Governor S. Abdul Nazeer has said that the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra programme was a nationwide campaign to raise awareness among the people on various schemes being extended by the Government of India (GoI).
The theme of Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra is to reach out to the vulnerable sections of people, who were eligible for various schemes but were not covered in both urban and rural areas.
Mr. Abdul Nazeer went round the stalls and interacted with the beneficiaries of various GoI Schemes on the occasion.
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