This Article is From Sep 01, 2014

Will Take Up Rae Bareli's Water, Power Woes With Chief Minister: Sonia Gandhi

Will Take Up Rae Bareli's Water, Power Woes With Chief Minister: Sonia Gandhi

File photo: Congress President Sonia Gandhi

Rae Bareli: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today assured the people of her parliamentary segment that she would take up their problems regarding the poor supply of power and drinking water with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

"I have been apprised of the problems of power and water supply wherever I have visited earlier today, and I will take it up with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav," Mrs Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit of her Rae Bareli constituency, said at Faridpur village in Harchandpur.

The Congress president also dedicated roads constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana to the people and inaugurated some other schemes including a 'baraat ghar' (marriage hall) at Harchandpur and Bakuliha blocks.

Mrs Gandhi, who arrived at the Fursatganj airport in Rae Bareli this morning, was later welcomed by ITI workers at the factory gate. The workers complained to her that they had not received their salaries for the past four months. She promised to take up their issues with the concerned authorities.

Though the Congress president mostly kept away from media personnel, when queried on the Modi government completing 100 days, Mrs Gandhi said the "people will give a reply to whether prices (of essential commodities) have gone down or not".

At Rehwa village, women complained to her about power and water woes, and absence of doctors at the newly opened primary health centre in the area.

Mrs Gandhi also visited the house of Shambhu Sharan Diwedi Bandhu, a litterateur who died recently, to pay her condolences to his family members.
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