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00:00I spoke to various sources.
00:06How are our fishermen doing?
00:09We kept in touch every day.
00:13After that, an agreement was made between the two countries.
00:20We handed over the land to the people of Bangladesh.
00:26We handed over the land to the people of West Bengal.
00:33This is what happened in Ganga Sagar.
00:38In Kumbh Mela, the Kandy government gives thousands of crores.
00:45And more than one crore people come to Ganga Sagar Mela.
00:49I have repeatedly told them to declare this as a Jati Umela.
00:55But they have not done it yet.
00:58In Kumbh Mela, after giving thousands of crores,
01:03they can go directly to the train,
01:06they can go directly to the plane,
01:09they can go directly to the car.
01:12But here, people have to cross the water one by one.
01:16This is very tough.
01:19And how can the administration work?
01:24Administration, NGOs,
01:27we have eight to ten ministers,
01:30we have the head of the administration,
01:34there are people who have come here since the beginning.
01:38I am from Kuala Lumpur,
01:40I have seen many people there,
01:46they all live there.
01:51That is why the road, electricity, water,
01:56hospital, jetty,
01:59helicopter, helipad, everything has to be done.
02:03And from 7 to 9 to 17,
02:06the third class people,
02:09whether they are journalists,
02:12administration workers,
02:15third class people,
02:18if someone dies in an accident or an incident,
02:21then they have to pay five lakh rupees as insurance.
02:25We have seen,
02:28we have tried a lot to build a bridge,
02:32so that people can come and go directly by car.
02:36Actually, no one has thought about it for so long.
02:40And I had a conversation with the Kendia government,
02:44a minister had told me
02:49that they will do the construction.
02:52I had supported them for three to four years,
02:55but they did not do it.
02:57I feel that when Ganga Sagar does not give a single paisa,
03:01they will not give a single day.
03:03So, what has to be done is,
03:07even if there is a lot of expenditure,
03:11even if there is a financial problem,
03:14there is a need to build Ganga Sagar on the Muriganga Bridge.
03:22The people of Ganga Sagar will be happy to hear
03:26that this has been surveyed,
03:29DPR has been done, tender has been done.
03:32We have done a lot of work.
03:36It will cost around 150 million rupees.
03:39We have saved a lot of money for this.
03:44And it will take two to three years to build it.
03:49Because, you know, there is a bridge over the Ganga,
03:52and that bridge will be about four to five kilometres long.
03:58There will be a road next to it,
04:01and if you go to build it,
04:03it will be very difficult for the engineers to build it.
04:07Such a big bridge over such a big sea.
04:11And when it is done,
04:13people of Ganga Sagar will be happy.
04:17People of Sundarban will be happy.
04:21Such tribals will come to Ganga Sagar,
04:24to visit Kapil Muri Ashram,
04:28and to see Ganga Sagar.
04:37As far as I know,
04:41I don't claim to know a lot.
04:46But,
04:48the request of Ganga Sagar is that,
04:55whatever we want to do, we have already done it.
04:59But the sea is moving ahead.
05:03And sometimes, from time to time,
05:06it goes to Kapil Muri Ashram.
05:09We get money for Kapil Muri Ashram.
05:15You can send it to UP.
05:20That's okay.
05:22We won't interfere.
05:24If you give it a little time,
05:27and make concrete out of it,
05:31it can be a permanent solution.
05:35Whatever we do,
05:38we don't take money from you.
05:40We have to do a lot of dredging for our money.
05:46We have to do a lot of JT.
05:49We have to do a lot of transport arrangements.
05:52We have to build a lot of houses.
05:54Everyone comes and lives here.
05:57Sometimes, NGOs provide us food.
06:01We have to give them clothes.
06:04We have to prepare a hospital camp.
06:07We have to prepare a hospital specialty.
06:10We have done DPR.
06:12We have done Tender.
06:14We have done the work that takes the most time.
06:18The time it will take to prepare now,
06:21we won't do it hastily.
06:24So that it doesn't break halfway.
06:27We have to do it well.
06:29We have to do it with time.
06:31So that it stays for a long time.
06:35And it is convenient for people.
06:37I have done it before a lot of bridges.
06:41You know that you can't just go ahead.
06:45And I have built that bridge there.