Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu): Asserting that India has emerged as a new hope in the World, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said big investors are investing in the country.
After inaugurating the New Terminal Building at Tiruchirapalli International
Airport, here Prime Minister Modi said ‘today India is among the top five economies. ‘Today, India has emerged as a new hope in the World. Big investors are investing in the country and the people of Tamil Nadu and the Country are getting benefits from it. India is setting records in economic growth at a faster pace than major growing economies.The Prime Minister called upon the people for making India a developed nation in the next quarter century and said when we call it a developed nation, it includes economy and culture. I can see a great contribution in Tamil Nadu. When Tamil Nadu reaches rapid development, the development of Bharat will also speed up. Tamil Nadu is becoming the big brand ambassador of Make in India scheme, he said. Modi said the Centre is spending unprecedented funds on the State governments. An amount of Rs 30 lakh crores was given to the states from 2004-2014, but our (BJP) government has given Rs 120 lakh crores in the last 10 years. We have given Tamil Nadu 2.5 times more amount than that was given from 2004- 2014, he added. He said today’s development projects worth nearly Rs 20,000 crore, spanning airport, energy, road, railways and petroleum pipeline will boost Tamil Nadu’s progress and also create thousands of employment opportunities. In the last one year, more than 40 central government ministers have visited Tamil Nadu more than 400 times. When Tamil Nadu will progress rapidly, the country will also progress rapidly.
Stating that India is proud of the vibrant culture and heritage of Tamil Nadu, the
Prime Minister said he had many Tamil friends and he got to learn a lot about Tamil culture from them. Wherever I go in the World, I cannot stop myself from talking about Tamil Nadu. The sacred ‘Sengol’ was installed in the new Parliament building, an attempt to draw inspiration from the model of good governance that the Tamil heritage has given to the country, he said. Modi said the government has done a lot of work to develop infrastructure in coastal areas and change the lives of fishermen. In his address, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said under Modi’s leadership, the government has ensured that airports are not only a medium of travel, but airports become a centre of growth. Airports become a centre of employment for the whole country, the major change that has taken place in the last 9.5 years under the PM’s leadership in this sector. The PM has democratized civil aviation for every single citizen of this country. Everyone who wears a ‘Hawai chappal’ must also travel in a Hawai Jahaj (aircraft), that is the PM’s aspiration for the people of our country, he added.
Earlier, Modi inaugurated, dedicated to the nation completed projects and laid
foundation stone for new projects totaling Rs 20,140 crore. After winding up the program, Mr.Modi left for Lakshadweep, where he will dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of development projects worth more than
Rs 1,150 crores. Developed at a cost of more than Rs 1100 crore, the two-level new International Terminal building at Tiruchirapalli International Airport has the capacity to serve more than 44 lakh passengers annually and about 3500 passengers during peak hours. The new terminal hosts state-of-the-art amenities and features for passenger convenience. The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, the Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (DFRP) at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam. The DFRP, developed at a cost of Rs. 400 crore, is equipped with a unique design, which is the only of its kind in the World and is capable of reprocessing both carbide and oxide fuels discharged from the fast reactors. It is entirely designed by Indian scientists and signifies a crucial step towards building large commercial-scale fast reactor fuel reprocessing plants. The Prime Minister also dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone for important Petroleum and Natural Gas projects worth more than Rs 9000 crore at the function. The two projects dedicated to the nation includes Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)’s 488 km long natural gas pipeline from IP101 (Chengalpet) to IP 105 (Sayalkudi) section of Ennore -Thiruvallur – Bengaluru – Puducherry – Nagapattinam – Madurai – Tuticorin Pipeline and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)’s 697 km long Vijayawada-Dharmapuri Multiproduct (POL) Petroleum Pipeline (VDPL). He also laid a foundation stone for the development of 323 Km of natural gas pipeline from Krishnagiri to Coimbatore section of Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore- Mangalore gas pipeline II (KKBMPL II) by Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) and laying of POL pipelines in Common Corridor for proposed grass root terminal at Vallur in Chennai. Modi also dedicated to the nation the General Cargo Berth-II (Automobile Export/Import Terminal-II & Capital Dredging Phase-V) of Kamarajar Port at Chennai. The inauguration of General Cargo Berth-II will be a step towards strengthening the country’s trade which will help boost economic growth and employment generation.
The PM also inaugurated multiple railway projects that includes the project for
doubling of 41.4 Km Salem–Magnesite Junction–Omalur–Mettur Dam section,
project for doubling of rail line section of 160 Km from Madurai – Tuticorin, and
three projects for rail line electrification viz Tiruchchirappalli- Manamadurai –
Virudhunagar, Virudhunagar – Tenkasi Junction, Sengottai – Tenkasi Junction –
Tirunelveli – Tiruchendur. He also dedicated to the nation five road sector projects, including 39 km four lane road for Trichy – Kallagam section of NH-81, the 60 km long 4/2-laning of Kallagam-Meensurutti section of NH-81, the 29 km four-lane road of Chettikulam – Natham section of NH-785, 80 km long two-lane with paved shoulder of Karaikudi – Ramanathapuram section of NH-536, and 44 km long four-laning of section of NH- 179A Salem – Tirupathur – Vaniyambadi Road. Modi also laid the foundation stone of important road development projects, including construction of a 31 km long stretch four lane road from Mugaiyur to Marakkanam of NH 332A.
