Making Mumbai future-ready commitment of double-engine government: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India is fast changing with futuristic thinking and modern approach by virtue of spending on both physical and social infrastructure in the countryThe Prime Minister was speaking at a public function in Bandra Kurla Complex where giving a push to the infrastructure urban travel and healthcare sectors he inaugurated and laid foundation stones of development projects worth more than Rs 38000 crore including Mumbai Metrorsquos two new linesAlso read PM Modirsquos Mumbai visit With doubleengine govt Maha back on path of development says FadnavisSince independence PM Modi said India is for the first time able to dream big and at the same time fulfill those big dreams ldquoThe country is developing fast On the one side sectors like housing and health are developing fast while on the other side we have also focused on regional connectivityrdquoHe said that the last century was spent discussing poverty and seeking help from the world It is for the first time world trusts Indias resolutions The Prime Minister said that there are positive sentiments about the country across the world because the world has recognized that India is putting its might to good use ldquoThe world feels India is developing rapidly into a prosperous country Today India is full of unprecedented confidence With inspiration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj sense of swaraj amp suraaj reflects on doubleengine govt of todays Indiardquo he saidTaking a dig at the former UPA government the premier said that the country previously had to deal with corruption and scams only He said that the money for the welfare of the poor was corrupted Tax paid was being looted But that is changing now he said ldquoIn the last 8 years of our government we have changed this approachrdquoAfter launching the developmental projects the prime minister said that these will help Mumbai improve its standard of living and transform the city Although Mumbairsquos development slowed down for a while but he said the doubleengine government has changed the momentum The prime minister said that several cities across India are going to power the growth story of India Therefore he said making Mumbai futureready is one of the commitments of the doubleengine governmentTh PMrsquos visit comes ahead of civic polls in Mumbai where the BJP and the Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena will seek to showcase these ventures to take on the political rivalsEarlier Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis targeted the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena faction and the MVA governmentIn his speech deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the state has started walking rapidly on the path to development since the day doubleengine government is back in officeFadnavis while addressing the PM said ldquoIn 2019 you said that the doubleengine government had changed Maharashtra and asked the government be brought back to powerrdquo Trusting you he said people have brought back the government ldquoBut some people indulged in foul play and for 25 years there was a government that the people did not likerdquoLauding the incumbent chief minister Eknath Shinde Fadnavis said ldquothe true follower of Balasaheb Thackeray Eknath Shinde showed courage and with your Prime Ministerrsquos blessings a government of the liking of the people is in power once againrdquo Modi is the only PM who inaugurated projects whose ground breaking ceremony he had performed Fadnavis said adding this reflects beginning of a new cultureChief Minister Shinde said development took a backseat during the tenure of the MVA administration November 2019June 2022 We were able to free the people of Mumbai from suffocation under the MVA rule because of Modijis leadership said the CMThe CM said his government will transform Mumbai in the next three years and give a new identity to Indias financial capital and also Maharashtra Lets pledge to create a new Maharashtra under Modis leadership he said