Updated - July 07, 2023 06:51 pm IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of several developmental projects in Raipur on July 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July) inaugurated and laid foundation stones of eight projects worth around ₹7,600 crore in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur.
PM Modi was welcomed by by Governor Anandiben Patel and CM Yogi Adityanath on his arrival in Gorakhpur to attend the closing ceremony of the centenary celebrations of Gita Press and flag off Vande Bharat trains.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 7 said his Gorakhpur trip, which included a visit to Gita Press and the launch of modern trains, exemplified his government’s policy of combining development with heritage.
“The Gorakhpur visit this time is a unique example of ‘Virasat bhi, Vikas bhi (heritage and development)‘ policy,” PM Modi said.
He said the dream of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya is going to be fulfilled after centuries. He also referred to the redesigned Navy insignia based on a flag of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji. - PTI
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PM Narendra Modi reached Gorakhpur to attend the closing ceremony of the centenary celebrations of Gita Press and flag off Vande Bharat trains. He was welcomed by Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
PMinister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress, alleging that corruption was its biggest ideology, and said the grand old party cannot breathe without it.
Mr. Modi said if the Congress is a guarantee for corruption, he is a guarantee for action against graft. Addressing a rally at the Science College ground in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, he said the state has become an ATM of the Congress.
The scam-ridden Congress government in Chhattisgarh has become a model of misrule and people have decided to root out it in the upcoming Assembly elections, he said.
This was Mr. Modi’s first visit to the Congress-ruled State, where Assembly elections are due this year-end, after being elected as the Prime Minister for the second term in 2019.
“...The next 25 years will be crucial for the development of Chhattisgarh, but a big ‘ panja’ (referring to Congress party symbol) is standing like a tall wall against it. Congress’s panja had decided to snatch your rights and it will loot and destroy the State,” he said.
The PM further said he would like to remind people of the state about the promises made by the Congress during the 2018 Assembly polls.
“Chhattisgarh has become the ATM of Congress. Corruption is not limited to liquor. There is no department left where corruption is not being committed in the Congress government in Chhattisgarh. This government has become a model of misrule,” he said. - PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of eight projects worth around ₹7,600 crore in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur.
During an event held at the Science College ground here, PM Modi also virtually flagged off a new train between Antagarh in Kanker district of the State and Raipur.
He kickstarted the distribution of cards of the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme to beneficiaries in the State.
Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are due by the end of this year.
Speaking on the occasion, PM Modi said these new projects will open up ample employment opportunities for the people of the state and ease their lives.
The projects will start a new journey of facilities and development in tribal-dominated areas, he said.
“In the last 9 years, the Centre sanctioned National Highway projects of 3,500 km length in Chhattisgarh, of which projects of 3,000 km length have been completed,” he said.
“We have been developing infrastructure in the areas which have been lagging in the race of development,” the Prime minister added.
Another benefit of infrastructure which is seldom discussed is that it is related to injustice, he said.
“The Centre has been providing modern facilities to those who have been facing injustice and lack of facilities for the last several decades,” Mr. Modi said. - PTI
Expressing grief about the accident in which three people died and six others were injured, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel wished speedy recovery to the injured and peace to the departed souls.
As many as three persons died and six others were injured after a bus met with an accident near Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur on Friday, the police said.
According to the police, the people on the bus were going to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting in Raipur. Out of the six injured, three are in serious condition. There were 40 passengers on the bus.
Expressing grief, the Chief Minister tweeted in Hindi, “The sad news has been received that the bus coming from Ambikapur to attend the meeting of Prime Minister met with an accident near Bilaspur. The news of the tragic death of 2 people has been received.”
“May God give peace to their soul and courage to the family members. Three people were seriously injured and 3 people injured. We all wish them a speedy recovery,” he added.
He also announced ex gratia of ₹4 lakh for the next of kin of those who were killed in the accident and instructed the administration to ensure proper treatment of the injured.
“I announce ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the family members of the deceased in the accident of the bus coming to attend the meeting of the Prime Minister. Instructions have been given to the administration for proper treatment of the injured. We all stand with the families during this difficult time,” CM Baghel tweeted.
BJP national vice-president, Raman Singh also expressed grief. - ANI
“Our government has been developing infrastructure in areas that lagged behind in race of development,” PM Modi said In Raipur. “In last 9 years, National Highway projects of 3,500 km sanctioned in Chhattisgarh,” he said. “Of them, projects of 3,000 km have been completed,” Mr. Modi added. - PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a ‘Tiffin par charcha’ meeting with 120 selected Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and legislators in Varanasi. He will be in the city for inaugurating and laying foundation stone for various developmental projects on July 7.
The 120 selected BJP leaders will include party MLAs, MLCs, block heads, district panchayat presidents, mayors and all 63 councillors of municipal corporation of Varanasi.
The meeting is the first such ‘Tiffin meeting’ by the Prime Minister in Uttar Pradesh. After the famous ‘chai pe charcha’, the BJP initiated ‘tiffin pe charcha’ as part of its mass outreach programme to mark nine years of Narendra Modi-led Union government. Party leaders and workers bring their own tiffin and after the programme eat the meal together.
Mr. Modi will also visit the Shri Kashi Vishwanath and Kaal Bhairav temples in Varanasi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on Friday to lay the foundation stone and dedicate multiple projects, including laying foundation stones for national highway projects.
The Prime Minister also kickstarted the distribution of Ayushman Bharat scheme cards to the beneficiaries.
PM Modi was received by Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel at the airport. - Agencies
Three persons were killed and six others injured when a bus ferrying people to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally in Raipur, rammed into a stationary truck in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district on Friday (July 7), police said.
The accident occurred near Beltara village when the bus with around 40 people on board was heading to Raipur from Ambikapur, Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh said.
Prima facie, the bus driver could not clearly see the stationary truck parked on the roadside due to heavy rainfall, as a result of which the bus rammed into it from the rear side, he said.
“Three people died in the accident while six others sustained injuries, two of them critically,” he said. - PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off two Vande Bharat Express trains in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh on Friday, increasing the number of semi-high speed trains in the country to 25.
According to an official statement, the Prime Minister will flag off Gorakhpur - Lucknow Vande Bharat Express and Jodhpur - Ahmedabad (Sabarmati) Vande Bharat Express trains. - ANI
The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 will be conferred on Gita Press, Gorakhpur, one of the largest publishers of religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana and the Upanishads.
The decision to confer the award on Gita Press was taken by a jury headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after due deliberations in recognition of the publishing house’s “outstanding contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods”, the Culture Ministry said in a statement.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Friday (July 7), where he is scheduled to inaugurate and lay foundation stones of ten projects worth around ₹7,600 crore, officials said.
This is Mr. Modi’s first visit to the Congress-ruled State, where Assembly elections are due this year-end, after being elected as the prime minister for the second term in 2019.
BJP leaders in Chhattisgarh believe that Mr. Modi’s visit will energise the party workers, who are gearing up for the polls in the State. The party had lost the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh in 2018, after occupying power for 15 years.
The Prime Minister’s event will be held at the Science College ground here at 10.45 a.m., an official said on Thursday.
The PM will dedicate to the nation four-laning of the 33-km-long Raipur-Kodebod section of the National Highway 30, the 53-km-long four-lane Bilaspur-Pathrapali stretch of NH-130, and lay foundation stone for construction of three sections (Jhanki- Sargi (43 km), Sargi –Basanwahi (57 km) and Basanwahi-Marangpuri (25 km)) as a part of the six-lane Raipur-Visakhapatnam economic corridor NH-130 CD, he said. - PTI
Published - July 07, 2023 10:33 am IST
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