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Hyderabad, April 8 (PMI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation various projects worth over Rs 11,300 crore at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad on Saturday. The projects include laying the foundation stone of AIIMS Bibinagar, five National Highway projects and the redevelopment of Secunderabad Railway Station. Modi also dedicated other development projects related to railways.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister expressed gratitude for getting the opportunity to extend the pace of development of Telangana. The Prime Minister congratulated the citizens of Telangana for today’s projects related to railways and road connectivity and health infrastructure development. “It is the duty of the government at the Centre to realize the dreams of citizens of the State related to the development of Telangana”, he said highlighting the spirit of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’. He also claimed that special emphasis has been given so that Telangana can make the most out of India’s development model laid out in the past nine years.
Noting the unpredictability of economies of the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing war between two countries, the Prime Minister highlighted that India is one of a few countries that have made record investments towards modern infrastructure. He also informed that Rs 10 lakh crore have been earmarked for the development of modern infrastructure in India in this year’s Budget.
Modi pointed out that in the last nine years, the railway budget of Telangana had increased 17 times and the work of laying new rail lines, rail line doubling and electrification among others have taken place in record time. “The electrification of Secunderabad–Mahbubnagar project is a prime example of this”, he said as he noted that it will improve the connectivity between Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Along with railways, the Prime Minister said, the highway network of Telangana is also being developed at a fast pace and mentioned the four highway projects whose foundation stone has been laid today. Mentioning the Akkalkot-Kurnool section of the highway being built at the cost of Rs 2300 crores, the Mahabubnagar-Chincholi section at the cost of Rs 1300 crore, the Kalwakurthy-Kollapur section at the cost of Rs 900 crores, and the Khammam-Devarapalle section at the cost of Rs 2700 crores, the Prime Minister emphasized that the Central government was leading the development of modern highways in Telangana with full force.
Modi said the length of National Highways in Telangana has doubled from 2,500 km from the time of the formation of the State in 2014 to more than 5000 km today where Rs 35,000 crore have been spent by the Ccentral government. He further added that work on road projects worth Rs 60,000 crore are underway in Telangana which includes the game-changing Hyderabad Ring Road. “The Central government was emphasizing development of both industry and agriculture in Telangana” Narendra Modi said.
He stressed that those who have been nurturing nepotism and corruption have nothing to do with the interest of the country and welfare of society while also creating problems for those who do honest work. He warned the people that they only look for the interest of their family in every project and investment. He also said the dynasts want to keep their control over every system and hate it when someone challenges their control.
The Prime Minister reiterated that the entire country was watching the result of the Central government being freed from the shackles of dynastic politics in 2014. He informed that today 80 crore poor people are being provided free ration in our government, free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh for the poor, Jan Dhan bank accounts of one crore families of Telangana have been opened for the first time, two-and-a- half lakh small entrepreneurs of Telangana have got Mudra loan without guarantee, five lakh street-vendors got bank loans for the first time, and more than 40 lakh small farmers got about Rs 9,000 crore under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi.
The Prime Minister said, “True social justice is born when the country moves away from ‘Tushtikaran’ (appeasement) towards ‘Santushtikaran’ (satisfaction of all)”. He remarked that the entire country including Telangana wants to walk on the path of Santushtikaran and contribute towards development with Sabka Prayas. “Rapid development of Telangana is very important for building a developed India in the Azadi Ka Amrit Kaal”, the Prime Minister concluded.
Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy were present. (PMI)
