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NATION | PM Modi in Bengal

India On The Path Of Development

Aamar Bengal Hobe Engine

The development journey of the nation involves an inclusive approach involving equal
participation of every particle, every citizen, every part of the country. As India embarks
on the path of Viksit Bharat with transformative changes in the last decade, everyone’s
participation is needed in this development journey. The role of West Bengal is equally
important for achieving this goal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for a Viksit Bengal
for Viksit Bharat got a further impetus on July 18 in Durgapur, where he inaugurated and
laid the foundation stone of development projects worth more than Rs 5,400 crore...

ndia has given a new thrust to development will further help West Bengal to move forward with
with a decade of transformational journey. Be it the vision of ‘Make in India, Make for the World’.
Iconnectivity or infrastructure, now villages and PM Modi said that every state, including
remote areas, along with cities, are getting equal West Bengal, is reaping the benefits of modern
attention from the central government. There is infrastructure. West Bengal is one of the leading
no lack of resources or bias based on region. Also, states where a large number of Vande Bharat
a rightful vision where the tough topography or trains are running. Kolkata Metro is also being
inaccessibility in the way of development is not expanded rapidly. Work is also going on on the
an impediment. Every state of the country has doubling and electrification of new railway tracks.
become an equal partner in this journey of well- Many railway stations are being modernized, and
planned development. Prime Minister Narendra a large number of railway over bridges are also
Modi underscored this resolution of a developed being built. On July 18, two more railway over
state for a developed India in a program organized bridges were inaugurated.
in the industrial city of Durgapur in West Bengal. Referring to the ‘One Nation-One Gas Grid’
Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of approach and the Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga
development projects worth more than Rs 5,400 Pariyojana, PM Modi said that in the last 11 years,
crore, he said that these will strengthen the con- India has made extensive progress in gas con-
nectivity and identity of this major center of India’s nectivity. In this decade, LPG has reached every
labor force. Gas-based transportation and gas- household across the country, which has received
based economy will get a boost. These projects global recognition. Gas pipelines are being laid in

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