Pune: In a country of 125 crore people, there is an retired employee Chandrakant Kulkarni from Pune who has shown his devotion by donating almost a one-third of his pension from June 2015 to Sept 2019 towards the Swachh Bharat fund.
Expressing his faith for PM Narendra Modi’s efforts towards the mission, Chandrakant has decided to contribute funds for the development of the nation.
Hail PM Modi’s efforts towards Swachh Bharat mission Chandrakant said, “I had heard PM Modi's speech on Aug 15, 2015. He had said that 73% in our country don't even have toilets, I felt really sad.”
Chandrakant was astonished as he met PM Modi and said he felt like a elder brother had called him.
“I was shocked to see that a big personality like PM has come to meet a common man,” he said.
Addressing a gathering after the launch of projects under government's flagship Smart City mission in 20 cities across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "There was a time in our country when urbanisation was considered a big problem. But, I feel differently. We should not consider urbanisation as a problem, but consider it as an opportunity."
Making a strong pitch to consider urbanisation as an opportunity to mitigate poverty and not as a problem, PM said cities have to be strengthened through comprehensive and inter-connected approach combined with increased public participation.
