Team News Riveting
New Delhi, August 15
On the special occasion of 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a Rs 100-crore Gati Shakti plan to boost infrastructure and employment opportunities.
Delivering his eighth consecutive address from the ramparts of Red Fort, Modi called for making the next 25 years glorious for India with “new thresholds, aspirations and dreams” in the run-up to the centenary of its independence from British colonial rule. This will lead to an India which will have every modern infrastructure of the world, he said. “In the coming days, we will launch the PM Gati Shakti Plan — a 100 lakh-crore national infrastructure master project that will make a foundation for holistic infrastructure and give an integrated pathway to our economy. To further increase our developmental progress, we have to focus on our manufacturing and export,” he added.
Asserting that India does not hesitate in taking tough decisions and has political will to do so, the Prime Minister said, “India has given a stern signal to its enemies by conducting surgical and air strikes. This tells us that India is changing and can take the most difficult decisions and isn’t reluctant to implement them.” The government would leave no stone unturned in strengthening the armed forces tasked with the security of the country.
Modi added: “Believe that in 2047, on the occasion of celebrating 100 years of independence… whoever will be the Prime Minister… whoever will be the Prime Minister after 25 years from today, when he will be unfurling the flag… I say this with confidence today that he or she shall be chronicling those accomplishments in his speech about which the country has taken a vow today… This is my firm belief of victory.”
“Today whatever I am speaking of in the form of a resolution, whoever hoists the flag after 25 years, shall be speaking of the same in the form of accomplishments. The country would be singing its glory in the form of these accomplishments. Youth of the country of today, shall also see at that time how the country has achieved this glory. In the 21st century, no obstacle can stop us from fulfilling the dreams and aspirations of India. Our strength is our vitality, our strength is our solidarity, our vitality is the spirit of nation first – always first. This is the time for shared dreams, this is the time for shared resolve, this is the time for shared efforts… and this is the time to move towards victory,” the Prime Minister said.
