Vibrant Village Programme II: 47 villages along Nepal border in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri to get roads, telecom

Lakhimpur Kheri: As many as 47 villages in the Lakhimpur Kheri district sharing borders with Nepal would be developed as the first villages on the border under the Centre-sponsored Vibrant Village Programme II (VVP II) with all-weather road and telecommunication connectivity.

Kheri District Magistrate Durga Shakti Nagpal told PTI, “Border security and border development must go hand in hand. Through the VVP II, we are strengthening the infrastructure and livelihood opportunities in these 47 villages, so as to elevate their living standards and to make our frontier communities strong, prosperous, and firmly rooted.”