Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday mentioned his authorities has all the time taken care of the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamils and ‘persistently’ flagged the subject of their rights with the leaders within the island nation.
IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi whereas handing over the indigenously developed Arjun Foremost Battle Tank (Mark 1A) tanks to the military, in Chennai. {Photograph}: Variety courtesy @narendramodi/Twitter
India was all the time dedicated to making sure that the Tamils there lived with fairness, equality, justice, peace and dignity, he mentioned Chennai, after launching varied authorities initiatives in railways and defence sectors.
Modi recalled the assorted welfare initiatives taken by the Centre within the housing and well being sectors geared toward benefiting the Lankan Tamils, and mentioned he was the primary Indian Prime Minister to go to Jaffna (in 2015) in northern Sri Lanka.
“Our authorities has all the time taken care of the welfare and aspirations of Tamil brothers and sisters in Sri Lanka. It is my honour to have been the one Indian PM to go to Jaffna. Via improvement work, we’re guaranteeing the welfare of the Tamil neighborhood,” he mentioned.
India has constructed 50,000 homes for displaced Tamils in north jap Sri Lanka and one other 4,000 within the plantation areas whereas ‘we hope to open quickly’ the Jaffna Tradition Centre, he added.
“The difficulty of Tamil rights has additionally been taken up persistently with Sri Lankan leaders. We’re all the time dedicated to making sure that they (Tamils) stay with fairness, equality, justice, peace and dignity,” Modi mentioned.
The Sri Lankan Tamils subject has all the time had an emotional join in Tamil Nadu and has typically dominated the political area in Chennai.
Modi additionally pointed to India’s efforts in railway initiatives for Jaffna and Mannar, air connectivity from Chennai to Jaffna and the initiatives within the well being sector.
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Modi additionally handed over to the Military the home-made Arjun Foremost Battle Tank (MK-1A) and launched varied initiatives and laid the
basis for a number of others in numerous sectors, together with Railways, in Tamil Nadu, describing them as symbols of innovation and indigenous improvement.
The Rs 3,770 crore Chennai Metro Rail Part-I extension was among the many accomplished initiatives launched by Modi, who additionally mentioned the last decade was going to belong to India, including the total world was taking a look at it with positivity.
This 12 months’s central price range, offered by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, ‘as soon as once more showcased the reforms dedication of the federal government’, Modi mentioned in his deal with on the event.
On the well being entrance, he mentioned that ‘impressed by a human centric method, India is making the world’s combat in opposition to COVID-19 stronger’, in an obvious reference to the nation offering vaccines to many countries of their battle in opposition to the pandemic.
“We’ve to maintain doing no matter we are able to to develop our nation and make the world a greater place. That is what the makers of our Structure needed us to do,” he mentioned.
At a grand occasion on the Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, the Prime Minister handed over to the Military the Arjun Foremost Battle Tank and likewise accepted a salute.
The state-of-the-art Arjun tank has been indigenously designed, developed, and manufactured by the Defence Analysis Growth Organisation (DRDO)’s Fight Autos Analysis and Growth Institution (CVRDE) at Avadi right here together with 15 tutorial establishments, eight labs and several other MSMEs.
Modi flagged off the 9.01 km service from Washermanpet to Wimco Nagar in North Chennai.
The mission was accomplished on schedule regardless of the ‘world pandemic’, with the civil development being taken up by Indian engineers and the rolling inventory procured regionally, he mentioned, including, it thus strengthened the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ idea.
With this extension, the Part I covers a complete size of 54.05 km and folks can journey from the north Chennai locality to the airport within the south utilizing the Metro rail.
Modi devoted to the nation the Chennai Seashore-Attipattu fourth line and the Railway electrification of Villupuram Cuddalore-Mayiladuturai Thanjavur-Mayiladuturai-Tiruvarur Single Line Sections.
He additionally laid the inspiration stone for the Discovery Campus of IIT Madras, which will probably be constructed at close by Thaiyur at an estimated value of Rs 1,000 crore within the first part over an space of two lakh sqm and the extension, renovation and modernisation of the Grand Anicut Canal System.
In his speech, the Prime Minister mentioned the infrastructure initiatives inaugurated within the state have been symbols of innovation and indigenous improvement.
Asserting that this 12 months’s union price range confirmed his authorities’s dedication to reforms, Modi mentioned: “The world is taking a look at India with nice enthusiasm and positivity. This decade goes to be India’s due to the arduous work of 130 crore Indians.”
The nation was scaling up its bodily and social infrastructure at a ‘fast tempo’, and had one of many ‘largest’ infrastructure at present, he mentioned.
Modi additionally highlighted the significance of conservation of water, saying it was not a nationwide subject alongside however a worldwide one.
“Per drop extra crop,” he added.
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister Edappadi Ok Palaniswami, his deputy O Panneerselvam and different cupboard members, senior leaders of ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M Thambidurai, Ok P Munusamy and leaders from alliance events participated within the occasion.
The venue, the sprawling Nehru Stadium premises, and all the Periamet neighbourhood within the coronary heart of Chennai got here underneath a three-layered safety blanket.
Site visitors diversions and heavy deployment of police personnel have been made as a part of safety measures for the prime minister’s temporary go to.
A number of kids on the venue sported T-shirts hailing the chief minister and lots of from the viewers raised slogans praising Modi and Palaniswami.
Earlier, the prime minister arrived on the Chennai airport, after which flew in a chopper to INS Adyar from the place he drove to the operate venue.
All alongside the best way, an excellent variety of supporters and the public turned as much as greet the prime minister as artistes performed conventional musical devices to welcome him.
Modi waved on the individuals who waited on the kerb to have a glimpse of the chief.
On the occasion, Modi, Palaniswami and Panneerselvam paid floral tributes to the portraits of late chief ministers M G Ramachandran (AIADMK founder) and J Jayalalithaa.