INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
DAMAULI, APRIL 4Home Minister Balkrishna Khand today said the Millennium Challenge
Corporation project would help resolve the problems of unemployment and poverty.
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Speaking at a programme organised by
Tanahun Chambers of Commerce and Industry on the occasion of the Eighth Tanahun Festival in Damauli, Tanahun, today, HM Khand said the MCC
project would help resolve the problems of unemployment and poverty
He said the produced electricity would be sold through the transmission line after completion of the MCC project.
Home
Minister Khand clarified that the MCC was a pure development project grant."It is wrong to say that the MCC is part of military alliance,"
he added.Khand said that the government's first responsibility was to protect people
He further claimed that his ministry had been working with limited resources.Minister of Drinking Water Uma Shankar Chaudhary said the MCC
project would be a great support to end poverty
"The government also has the responsibility of providing pure drinking water and sanitation service."A version of this article appears in
the print on April 5, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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