India Dreams Big Now, Says Modi
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: Launching more than 2,000 railway infrastructure projects worth over Rs 41,000 crore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India now “dreams big” and “works tirelessly to realise its dreams”. The Prime Minister said that today projects worth Rs 40,000 crore are seeing the light of day and recalled initiating the Amrit Bharat Station project a few months ago, where work to modernise 500 railway stations in the country had begun. Congratulating the “Yuva Shakti” of the country for the development project as they are the real beneficiaries of “Viksit Bharat”, Prime Minister Modi said the development projects of today will create employment and self-employment opportunities for lakhs of youth, while also benefit those studying in schools. The Prime Minister mentioned that the coming Amrit Bharat Stations would be symbols of both “Vikas” and “Virasat”, and told the gathering that Baleshwar Station in Odisha was designed on the theme of the Jagannath Temple and Sikkim’s Rangpur will carry the imprint of local architecture, Sangner station in Rajasthan displays 16th-century hand-block printing, the station at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu will display the Chola influence and Ahmedabad station was inspired by Modhera Surya Mandir, Dwarka station was inspired by the Dwarkadheesh Temple and IT City Gurgaon station will carry the IT theme.