New Delhi, March 7 -- In a move towards inclusive development, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas, virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 177 development projects in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.

The projects worth Rs 10 crore 41 lakh are funded from Puri's MPLAD fund as part of the MP Local Area Development Scheme. In 2018, Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who is also an MP from Rajya Sabha, assumed the responsibility of overseeing development initiatives in the district as part of the Aspirational Districts Programme of NITI Aayog.

Speaking during the event, Puri said that Sonbhadra is witnessing significant development progress and these projects symbolize the ongoi...