Accusing the Centre of non-cooperating with her government, Wedt Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said despite repeated demands to rescue the state from the debt trap, the Modi government has curtailed funds for various projects.
“Had there been a full cooperation from the Centre, huge employment opportunities could have been generated in the state,” Banerjee said, urging the Modi government to continue funding for all Central projects in the interest of people. Addressing a meeting in Gopiballavapur, Banerjee said the Centre had curtailed funds for various projects, including those for people in Jangalmahal (affected by Maoists earlier).
She said the previous Left government had left a huge debt burden and the people and the state government had to suffer for that. “Despite this, we had created employment opportunities for a few lakh people,” she claimed, urging people to support her government, which would work for them throughout the year.
Announcing a host of development projects and laying the foundation stone for some of them, Banerjee said her government would never allow people in the state to suffer due to the lack of development.
“We want people in Jangalmahal to live in peace with the help of all sorts of development activities. No project earmarked for them will be discontinued,” she said.
Listing various development activities in the state despite fund constraints, Banerjee said that already 13 new universities and 40 super speciality hospitals had come up in the state.
ITIs were being set up in all districts and rice in subsidised rates were being distributed among people in Jangalmahal and several other areas.
The state government was also preparing Ghatal Master Plan to prevent floods in the area every year, she said.