The project was launched in 116 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand.
NEW DELHI: Nine weeks since its inception, the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan (GKRA) has generated a total of around 24 crore mandays of employments at a cost of around Rs 19,000 crore, data from the rural development ministry revealed.
The scheme has helped undertake the construction of over 85,000 water conservation structures, over 2.6 lakh rural houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin, over 12,000 farm ponds and around 4,200 community sanitary complexes, among other works, in six states.
The Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan was launched on June 20 with an aim to provide employment to migrant workers who returned to their home towns due to the coronavirus. The project was launched in 116 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand.
Source: The New Indian Express
