From municipal polls to double engine sarkar, top takeaways from PM's speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated and laid foundation stones of projects worth more than Rs 38000 crore aimed at developing infrastructure easing urban travel and strengthening healthcare during his visit to MumbaiPM Modi while speaking at the launch event said it is for the first time since Independence a New India has emerged which has big dreams and also the capacity to realise them and gone are the days when discussions in the country mostly centred around poverty and seeking foreign aidAcross the world there is positivity about India as everyone knows that the country is going forward on the basis of its strength and optimal use of its potential PM Modi saidHere are some key takeaways from PM Modis speech in MumbaiAlso Read PM Modis Mumbai visit Metro 2A and Metro 7 to be operational from 4 pm today heres all you need to knowCivic bodys role important in Mumbai development says PM ModiAhead of upcoming municipal polls PM Modi on Thursday said Mumbais civic body plays a key role in development of the metropolis and while there was no dearth of funds for the city it is important budgeted money is spent to achieve stated objectives and not wasted due to corrupt practicesIn a city like Mumbai development projects cannot be expedited until the local civic body is also on board and ready to fasttrack completion of projects he said during his first visit to the metropolis after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde took office in Juneend last year with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP following the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentDevelopment funds should not be used for corrupt practicesGreeting people gathered at the venue the MMRDA ground in BandraKurla Complex BKC in Marathi at the start of his address before switching to Hindi PM Modi said what is needed is to see that Mumbais rightful share of funds is used at the right placeDevelopment funds should not be used for corrupt practices and if funds are locked in banks and there is a tendency to stall development works how will the citys future be bright he askedPM Modi said if common citizens of Mumbai suffer and have to wait for progress then such a situation is not good for a 21st century India and not acceptable in the land of Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajAlso Read In Photos India is developing into a prosperous country says PM Modi in MumbaiMunicipal pollsCivic elections in Mumbai and some other important cities including Pune Thane and Nagpur are likely to be held later this yearPM Modi said that for the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance NDA led by it development gets priority over politicsThe development of Mumbai slowed down a bit for a while but after Shinde and Fadnavis deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis of BJP assumed office in June 2022 the momentum has come back said the PM apparently referring to the 31monthlong stint of the erstwhile MVA government headed by Uddhav Thackeray in alliance with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress PartyMumbais development is on back on track nowSpeaking at a rally after inaugurating and laying foundation stones of projects worth more than Rs 38000 crore aimed at developing infrastructure easing urban travel and strengthening healthcare in the financial capital PM Modi said Mumbais development is on back on track nowBefore 2014 when the BJP came to power in Maharashtra Mumbai had just 9 km to 11km metro railway line but the network has now expanded he saidDouble engine governmentPM Modi said that in the next 25 years several cities in Maharashtra will boost Indias growth and readying Mumbai for that is a top priority of the double engine government in the stateWith inputs from PTI