New Delhi/April.24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed panchayats across the nation via video conferencing on National Panchayati Raj Day. He said the biggest lesson the COVID-19 pandemic has taught India is to become self-reliant. He complimented them for describing social distancing in simple words ”Do Gaz Ki Doori” (maintaining distance of two yards) so that people can understand it easily. “The biggest lesson COVID-19 has taught us is to become self-reliant,” PM Modi said, underlining that it is now imperative that villages also become self-reliant for their basic needs. PM Modi said the coronavirus pandemic has thrown up new challenges which the country never faced before, but it also made people learn new things.