On the first day of a 10-day whirlwind tour across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for projects worth nearly Rs 56,000 crore in Adilabad district of Telangana.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that the Centre is extending all support to realise Telangana’s dream of development. The new developmental projects related to power, rail and roads will increase the speed of the state’s development, he added.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said that the Prime Minister is like a “big brother”.
“Chief Ministers can take the development of their states further only with the help of their big brother,” he added. The Chief Minister said that Telangana can develop like Gujarat only with the Prime Minister’s support.
Sharpening his attack on the Opposition at a public meeting later, Modi said dynastic parties have two things in common - jhoot aur loot (lies and loot). He said that there is no change after the Congress has come to power in Telangana.
Stating that the Congress and BRS have a relationship of mutual benefit, Modi said that the Congress government has suppressed corruption allegations faced by the BRS in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS).
The Prime Minister said that the people of the country are his family. "I say this to the 140 crore people of the country that this is my family. Those who have no one also belong to Modi and Modi belongs to them." Modi added.
Modi inaugurates NTPC’s 800 MW unit in Peddapalli
HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for developmental projects related to power, rail and roads, worth more than Rs 56,000 crore, in Telangana and other states, on Monday. Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy took part in the event in Adilabad. Union Culture and Tourism Minister and BJP state president G Kishan Reddy was also present.
Among the numerous projects, the prime minister virtually inaugurated the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) 800 MW (Unit-2) Telangana Super Thermal Power Project in Peddapalli district. The foundation stone of the project had also been laid by Modi when the project had begun.
According to an official release from NTPC, with an investment of Rs 8,007 crore and based on ultra-supercritical technology, the plant will supply 85 per cent power to Telangana and will have the highest power generation efficiency of approximately 42 per cent, among all NTPC power stations.
In addition to the energy sector, projects relating to the road and rail sector were also inaugurated or begun work on. The Prime Minister dedicated the newly-electrified Ambari-Adilabad-Pimpalkhuti rail line. He further laid the foundation stone for two major national highway projects connecting Telangana with Maharashtra and Telangana with Chhattisgarh through NH-353B and NH-163 respectively.
Addressing the gathering, Modi said that the land of Adilabad is witnessing more than 30 development projects, worth over Rs 56,000 crores, related not only to Telangana but the entire country, either being inaugurated or their foundation stone being laid. Observing that the BJP-led Central government and the state of Telangana have both completed 10 years, Modi said that the Central government has been providing all possible assistance to the state to fulfil the dreams of its people.