Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said launching a string of six development programmes with Central support on a single day in TS, on Sunday, showed a strengthening of the spirit of “cooperative federalism” in the country, wherein both the Union and state governments worked in tandem for the country.
Addressing a public meeting in Gajwel, a high point of his first visit to the state, the PM said despite TS being the youngest state, the government has been successful in fulfilling the aspirations of the people, thereby justifying the creation of the new state. “Today, I had a ‘panch shakti’ darshan by visiting Telangana and launching five programmes signifying the ‘panch shakti’ — like water and light — in the form of irrigation and power projects,” Mr Modi said to loud applause. However, the PM, in effect, launched six projects.
Telangana will achieve its goal: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the phase-I of Mission Bhagiratha at Komatibanda in Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s home constituency Gajwel, dedicated the 1,200 MW Singareni thermal power plant (Adilabad) and set the foundations for the Manoharabad-Kothapalli new railway line connecting Hyderabad and Karimnagar, the 1,600MW TS super thermal power project at Ramagundam, the Kaloji Narayana Rao Health University in Warangal and the new phase of the fertilizer plant at Ramagundam.
To the amusement of the lakhs of audience, Mr Modi began his speech in Telugu, “Sodara Sadarimanulaara, Telangana rashtram er-padina tarvatha modatisaari ikkadiki ravadam chala santhoshamga undi. Telangana prajalandariki naa hrudayapurvaka shubhakanksh-alu. (I am very happy to come here for the first time after the formation of Telananga state. I extend my heartfelt best wishes to all the people of Telangana).” Then, he switched over to Hindi.
“Telangana is only two years old. But looking at the way the state government is taking up programmes to fulfil the hopes and aspirations of the people, I am confide-nt that the government and the people of Telan-gana will be successful in achieving the desired goals,” he remarked.
