After a two-day workshop on VVP, Shah said that following the implementation of VVP in Arunachal Pradesh, the population in many border villages has increased. “This is a message for all our country’s border villages that this trend of reverse migration to these villages is moving in the right direction,” he said. He noted that if villages have all facilities and employment opportunities, local residents will not wish to migrate.
While referring to PM Modi’s Independence Day speech on demographic changes, he said, “The collectors of districts included in the VVP need to address this issue with seriousness and attention to detail. Demographic changes in border areas directly impact the security of the country and its borders”.
Shah noted that VVP would be implemented in a phased manner. “Not only would every border village be equipped with all facilities, but every citizen living in these border villages would be provided with all the central and state government schemes to improve the lives of the people living there”.
“The villages identified early under the VVP will prove, in a few years, to be very significant tools in the security of our country and its borders. He stated that through this programme, efforts have been made to promote infrastructure development, preserve and enhance culture, generate employment through tourism, and make village life vibrant in every way, for multi-dimensional and multi-sectoral development,” Shah added.
This April, the Union cabinet had approved VVP-II with a total outlay of ₹6,839 crore for the border villages along the Bangladesh and Myanmar borders.
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