Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday kick-started the BJP’s poll campaign in Uttarakhand by inaugurating and laying foundations of development projects worth around Rs 18,000 crore. He asserted that a connectivity “mahayagya” is underway across the country to make up for the loss of 10 years of the previous government.
He also inspected the models of the projects, including that of the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor which will be built at a cost of around Rs 8,300 crore.
“The infrastructure projects inaugurated and founded here today are part of this ‘mahayagya’. We are doing things at double-triple speed to make up for the lost time,” PM Modi said while addressing a rally at the Parade Ground in Dehradun.
“Uttarakhand’s development is the highest priority of the double engine government. These projects will help make this Uttarakhand’s decade. In the last five years, the Centre has approved more than Rs 1 lakh crore for the development of Uttarakhand. Today, India is moving forward with the intention of investing more than Rs 100 lakh crore in modern infrastructure," he added.
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