During his day-long visit to Maharashtra today, the Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of a slew of development projects worth over 30,500 crore rupees in the state. In Mumbai, Prime Minister inaugurated the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewari – Nhava Sheva Atal Setu, which aims to improve ease of mobility by strengthening urban transport infrastructure. Built at cost of 17,840 crore rupees, Atal Setu is the longest sea bridge in the country.
Prime Minister inaugurated, dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than 12,700 crore rupees in the public programme in Navi Mumbai.
Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the underground road tunnel connecting Eastern Freeway’s Orange Gate to Marine Drive which aims to reduce travel time between Orange Gate and Marine Drive.
Prime Minister also inaugurated the first phase of Surya regional bulk drinking water project, Phase 2 of Uran-Kharkopar railway line and a new suburban station ‘Digha Gaon’ on the Trans-harbour line. Further, the Prime Minister inaugurated ‘Bharat Ratnam’, a Mega Common Facilitation Centre for Gems and Jewellery sector at the SEEPZ Special Economic Zone at Santacruz. The Prime Minister also launched the Namo Mahila Shashaktikaran Abhiyaan of the State government.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 27th National Youth Festival at Nashik in Maharashtra this afternoon. Addressing the youth of the nation on the occasion of National Youth Day, the Prime Minister invoked Swami Vivekananda and said that Swami ji instilled a new energy in the country during the days of British rule. He also remembered Sri Aurobindo and said that Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo highlighted that future of our country depends upon the youth of the country.
The Prime Minister said, today Bharat has become the fifth largest economy in the world and the third largest start-up ecosystem in the country only due to the youth power of the country. Mr Modi called upon the citizens to clean all religious places in the country before 22 January.
Union Ministers Anurag Singh Thakur, Bharati Pawar, Nisith Pramanik, Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were present on the occasion.
Earlier, the Prime Minister participated in a roadshow and visited the well-known Kala Ram mandir, Ramkund and performed Maha-aarti of the Godavari river. A remarkable confluence of tradition and technology was witnessed in Nashik on 12 Jan 2024, Friday when the Prime Minister listened to an epic narrative of the Ramayana, especially the ‘Yudh Kanda’ segment, which depicts Lord Rama’s return to Ayodhya. This was presented in Marathi and the PM listened to the Hindi version through AI translation.
Prime Minister’s visit to Nashik just 10 days before the grand ‘Pran-Pratishtha’ ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya has great significance because it has great importance in the life of Lord Ram.
