Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojna

A plush urban park with a statue of Bhim Rao Ambedkar: That's the biggest thing the Dalit settlement of Uttar Pradesh's Nagepur claim they have received from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The village, 10 km from Varanasi, is the second one adopted by the PM under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, launched in 2014.

Two years after their hamlet was adopted by the local lawmaker to be transformed into a 'model village' under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Aadarsh Gram Yojna' launched with much fanfare in 2014, electricity, roads and toilets are still a distant dream for many, say residents of Pipra Maaf.

A plush urban park with a statue of Bhim Rao Ambedkar: That's the biggest thing the Dalit settlement of Uttar Pradesh's Nagepur claim they have received from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The village, 10 km from Varanasi, is the second one adopted by the PM under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, launched in 2014.

Two years after their hamlet was adopted by the local lawmaker to be transformed into a 'model village' under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Aadarsh Gram Yojna' launched with much fanfare in 2014, electricity, roads and toilets are still a distant dream for many, say residents of Pipra Maaf.