Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said if his party is voted to power, lakhs of rural youths will be employed in gram sabhas to improve environment.
"India needs to: 1. Repair & Restore our water bodies. 2. Regenerate & Afforest wasteland & degraded land," Gandhi tweeted.
"We will employ lakhs of rural youth in our gram sabhas to improve the environment (sic)," he said.
Gandhi has also said the Congress' soon-to-be released manifesto will lay major thrust on jobs' creation, addressing agrarian distress and strengthening the education and health sectors besides charting a roadmap to boost economic growth.
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