The programme, which started from Telihar village of Bihar’s Khagaria district, will cover India’s 116 districts across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha.
Source: PM Modi launches Rs 50,000-crore Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan – india news – Hindustan Times
Remember that time I saw the fibre trenches being dug along the highway from Kolkata to Durgapur? Every kew kilometers was a crew hand digging (shovels, picks and adzi) the trench. Only time I saw a Ditch Witch machine was when the trench crossed major intersections.


