CM lauds success of technical education in Bengal

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that more than one crore people from all over the state had visited around 14,500 "Amader Para, Amader Samadhan" (APAS) camps, which aims at providing sustainable solutions to issues of local problems within a stipulated time.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE Kolkata, 29 August

In a post on social media X, Miss Banerjee emphasised on the "unprecedented" and "spontaneous" participation of the people, which has strengthened and added life to the prevailing democratic and good governance culture of the state.

She wrote: "I am feeling extremely happy and proud to announce that within only 26 days, more than one crore people from all over Bengal have visited around 14,500 Amader Para, Amader Samadhan camps, in order to have sustainable solutions to the various issues and problems in and around their localities. Congratulations to all for crossing the one-crore-mark so quickly! This unprecedented and spontaneous participation of common men and women of Bengal in this socio-economic development initiative has further strengthened, and added more life to, the prevailing democratic and participatory good governance culture in this State," the post read.

Further in her post Banerjee thanked the representatives, government officials, and volunteers for working relentlessly and converting the vision into reality.