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PM launches infra projects, Metro, airports expansion
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated a slew of new projects and inaugurated completed projects across the state ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha polls.
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This is the Prime Minister’s first visit to the state after the presentation of the interim budget. He last visited Madurai to lay the foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on January 27.
Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone of a 100-bed Employees State Insurance Corp (ESIC) health facility in Tirupur. The hospital will cater to the needs of over one lakh workers and their family members in the hosiery town and nearby areas covered under the ESI Act. The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stones for a new integrated building at Tiruchy airport and modernisation of Chennai airport via video conferencing. “After the completion of the integrated building at Tiruchy airport, it can hold up to 3,000 passengers during peak hours. At present less than 500 passengers can he handled at the airport,” he said.
He dedicated to the nation, the 470-bed ESIC Hospital and the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Ennore Coastal Terminal in Chennai.
He also inaugurated crude oil pipeline from Chennai Port to Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (CPCL) Manali refinery. The pipeline, built with enhanced safety features, will ensure a reliable supply of crude oil and will cater to the needs of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring states. “All these development projects would enhance the ease of living for people of Tamil Nadu,” he said.
In addition, passenger service on the 10-km section of the Chennai Metro Rail —AG-DMS Metro station to Washermanpet Metro station — was also flagged off by PM Modi. The Prime Minister also highlighted the significance of farmer’s annual income support scheme of Rs 6,000 and pension of Rs 3,000 for labourers in the unorganised sector presented in the budget. On a whirlwind tour, the Prime Minister arrived in Coimbatore by a special flight around 2.30 pm and reached Perumanallur by a helicopter around 3.10 pm. At the function, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan, BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan and others took part.
In view of PM’s visit, the whole of Tirupur was brought under a security blanket with deploymentof more than 2000 policepersonnel.
Congress only brokering deals in Defence purchases, says Modi
Calling the Opposition alliance as Mahamilawat or adulterated alliance, the Prime Minister said that “it is a club of rich people trying to promote their dynasties. The Opposition is only good at spreading panic. Time and again they have tried to mislead farmers, poor and youngsters of the nation. They neither understand poverty nor do they have the vision to serve the poor.”
Hitting out at the Congress at the party rally held in Tirupur, the Prime Minister said, it was only brokering deals without bothering about the Defence sector. “For them, this sector was only about brokering deals and helping their own set of friends… Why every middleman caught has a link with some Congress leader or the other,” he asked.
Further, the Prime Minister said, however, we dream of an India that is self-sufficient in Defence production. In this context, the Prime Minister also highlighted about the two Defence corridors being created in the country as well as fulfilling the long-pending demands of ex-servicemen regarding ‘One Rank, One Pension.’
In a veiled attack on former Congress leader P Chidambaram by calling him as the ‘Recounting Minister’; the Prime Minister accused him of thinking all the knowledge in the world resides only in his brains. “He asked in arrogance as why the middle class is so worried about price rise, they buy such expensive ice cream and mineral water? The people do not need his taunts and have rejected him and will continue to do so,” he said.
Further, Modi said, earlier there used to be family packs for ice creams and mobile recharges, but now it seems there is a family pack for getting bail. “Those who thought they could never be questioned are made to give an account of their loot now,” he said.
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