Telangana is the gateway to the south part of India, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His government has been continuously aspiring to expand the State’s infrastructure on several fronts investing in developing railways, highways, and airways infrastructure for the last 10 years.
PM Modi began the address at an official function with “Sangareddy prajalaki na namaskaram” in Telugu (My greetings to the people of Sangareddy). After inaugurating various projects on Tuesday, including those belonging to the railways and national highways, Modiji pointed out that he is in Telangana for the second successive day. Works of about ₹56,000 crore were launched or dedicated to the nation on Monday and about ₹7,000 crore today.
The country’s progress is dependent on the development of states and hence, his Government has been giving a lot of importance to infrastructure development with ₹11 lakh crore allotted for the same in this year’s budget. The newly inaugurated ₹350 crore Civil Aviation Research Organisation (CARO) in Begumpet is one of its kind in the country built with with modern technology, he said.
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“This has brought a new identity to Telangana, and Hyderabad is leading the way for research and development on aviation platforms and creating new job opportunities for the youth here. New records have been established in the aviation sector in the last 10 years,” claimed Mr. Modi.
Projects initiated by PM Modi
The launch of the Kandi-Ramsanpalle, Miryalaguda-Kodad, and Sangareddy to Madinaguda national highways will create an economic corridor between Indore and Hyderabad. It will also ease the traffic and goods movement between Karnataka, Maharastra-Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh benefitting the people and aiding in the growth of the business. These new NH stretches will reduce carbon emissions and travel time significantly.
The doubling and electrification of the 22 km Sanatnagar to Moula Ali railway line is expected to ease the suburban train passengers between Hyderabad and Secunderabad. He has also green-flagged the Ghatkesar-Lingampalli new MMTS service. The 1,212 km ₹3,300 crore Indian Oil pipeline connecting Paradip port to Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam was also inaugurated.
Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan; Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast Region G. Kishan Reddy; Ministers from the State K. Venkat Reddy, Konda Surekha, and Rajya Sabha BJP MP K. Laxman were among those present.
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