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Nation Development Projects

GIFTS OF DEVELOPMENT TO KERALA, DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI

EVERY PART OF THE STATE BEING

CONNECTED TO THE

COUNTRY'S DEVELOPMENT

In the last nine years, India has prioritised speed and scale in infrastructure and connectivity.
This year's budget includes Rs 10 lakh crore for infrastructure spending. Following Swadeshi
Vande Bharat, the country's public transport now includes a water metro, and electric buses
are being introduced at a rapid pace. This development and connectivity are connecting
every state in the country. Prime Minister Modi's mantra is that the country will only develop
if the states develop. Going ahead with this mantra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated
several development projects in Kerala and Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the nation on April 25.

ven in the midst of the current global Kerala now has its first Vande Bharat train.
situation, the world sees India as a bright Kochi has received a new gift: a water metro and
Espot of development and accepts India's numerous railway-related projects. Along with
development possibilities. On the occasion of laying connectivity, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated and
the foundation stone and inaugurating various laid the foundations for other projects related to
development projects worth more than Rs 3200 Kerala's development. The Prime Minister inspected
crore at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod Vande Bharat
Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "India's Express and spoke with passengers and train crew.
reputation in the world today plays a big role in the In Silvassa and Dadra, and Nagar Haveli, too,
central government's global outreach efforts." The Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone and
people of Kerala, as well as the Indian diaspora inaugurated various development projects worth more
living in other countries, are benefiting greatly from than Rs 4850 crore. "The central government is working
India's growing power. on the mantras of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka

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