Nellore: Former Indian cricket captain and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar has expressed happiness over the transformation of Puttamraju Kandrika, a village adopted by him in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
Two years after he adopted the village, Sachin visited it on Wednesday and inaugurated various development works completed at a cost of Rs 2.79 crore under his MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds.
He also proudly announced the village open defecation free and tweeted, “Completely stumped by the love of people from Puttamraju Kandriga. I am glad to announce that they are now Open Defecation Free.”
Proud to state our adopted village Puttamraju Kandriga is open defecation free #SwachhBharat The phase 1 work of SAGY is complete! @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/zAXK8ernUK
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 16, 2016
“I am satisfied with the complete transformation of the village,” the batting legend said after inaugurating a community centre.
It has been two years since Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana was launched by @PMOIndia Shri @narendramodi, focusing on development in villages. pic.twitter.com/NB6Np39lXT
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 16, 2016
The former India captain distributed cricket kits among the village youth and interacted with a few families about the development of the village.
He stressed the need for united efforts by all to make the central government’s ‘Swachh Bharat‘ initiative a success.
Sachin Tendulkar also assured all assistance to the authorities’ for their plan to build a stadium here. He said the facility should be used not just for cricket but to promote other sports as well.
He also promised to provide Rs.90 lakh under the MPLADS for development of Gollapally village in the same district.
He had visited the village in October 2014 after announcing that he is adopting it under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna.
