'With everyone's efforts, We Are Engaged In Building Developed India': PM Modi

With everyone's efforts, we are engaged in building a developed India, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

While addressing the gathering, he stated, "The areas and classes which were deprived and backwards in the past, today their development is the priority of the country.”  

Referring to the Aspirational District Program that has been running successfully in the country for the last five years, PM Modi informed that many districts of Mewar and Rajasthan are also being developed under this campaign. 

He informed that going a step further, the central government is now focusing on identifying aspiring blocks and their rapid development. In the coming time, many blocks of Rajasthan will also be developed under this campaign, he said. 

He also mentioned that Rajasthan is a state that has a legacy of the past, the strength of the present and possibilities of the future. “Development of Rajasthan is a huge priority for the Government of India. The history of Rajasthan teaches us that we should move forward with bravery, glory and development," he stated. 

Meanwhile, PM Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation various development projects worth about Rs 7,000 crore in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. The projects include the Mehsana - Bhatinda- Gurdaspur Gas Pipeline, the LPG Plant of HPCL at Abu Road, additional storage at the Ajmer Bottling Plant, IOCL, railway and Road projects, tourism facilities at Nathdwara and the permanent campus of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota.