Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at an event in Ahmedabad where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of Rs 85000 crore railway projects on Tuesday. He said he started his life on railway tracks so he knew how bad the condition of the Indian Railways was earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Prime Minister hit out at the previous governments for prioritizing political selfishness of which he said the railways became the victim. PM Modi launched the projects from the Sabarmati area after visiting the Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) Operation Control Centre in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of railway workshops, loco sheds, pit lines\/coaching depots, Phaltan \u2013 Baramati new line; electric traction system upgradation work and dedicated to the nation two new sections of the Dedicated Freight Corridor between New Khurja to Sahnewal (401Rkm) section of the eastern DFC and New Makarpura to New Gholvad section (244 Rkm) of the western DFC; western DFC\u2019s Operation Control Centre (OCC), Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PM Modi said he would like to tell the youth that the inauguration that happened today is for the present. He said the foundation stone layings that happened today have come with the guarantee of a bright future of the youth. He added the first thing he is going to do is to include Railway into the Budget of the government; as a result funds of the government are now used for the development of Railway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PM Modi pointed out the important role railways plays in national development, drawing parallels with global economic powerhouses. He said the people of India can look anywhere in the world and they will find that the railways have played a very important role in countries that became developed. He said the development of Railways is a guarantee of Viksit Bharat. The Prime Minister gave credit to the recent reforms for driving the vision of Viksit Bharat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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