New Delhi, August 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Dwarka Expressway and Urban Extension Road built at a cost of about 11 thousand crores in Rohini, Delhi.
Prime Minister described these roads as part of the chain of efforts to make Delhi a ‘better city’.
Addressing the program organized on this occasion, the Prime Minister said that public welfare is paramount for the BJP government and good governance is our identity. Both highways are built on modern standards and will give new heights to Delhi’s connectivity.
Prime Minister said that in the last 11 years, the BJP government has taken many big steps to make Delhi a world-class capital. Peripheral Expressway, extensive metro network and now new roads have made transportation comfortable and smooth.
He informed that so far 650 electric buses have been started in Delhi and their number will reach 2,000 in the near future. This will give further impetus to the Green Delhi-Clean Delhi campaign.
Prime Minister said that the development of Delhi-NCR is the priority of the BJP government, especially when there are BJP governments all around (Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan).
He said that both these projects will prove to be important in increasing the convenience of the people of Delhi, Gurugram and the entire NCR. Transportation related to office, industry and agriculture will be accelerated and time will be saved.
On the problem of people troubled by the mountains of garbage, the Prime Minister said that lakhs of tonnes of waste have been used in the construction of Urban Extension Road, which has reduced the mountains of garbage and the waste has been converted into a valuable resource.
Referring to the efforts to clean the Yamuna river, the Prime Minister said that 16 lakh metric tonnes of silt has been removed so far. He called it a big step towards freeing Delhi from pollution and chaos. He also accused the previous government of pushing Delhi into a pit, which the BJP government is doing a difficult task to pull out.
In his speech, the Prime Minister laid special emphasis on reforms. He said that for us reform means expansion of good governance. In the coming time, the government will implement many big reforms, so that both life and business can become easier.
In this sequence, referring to GST reform, he said that this Diwali will give double bonus to the countrymen. Restructuring of tax rates and simplifying the system will benefit the poor, middle class, small traders and industrialists. Its format has been shared with the states and he hopes that they will agree to it soon.
Calling to make ‘Vocal for Local’ a life mantra, he said that this work is not difficult for us, whenever we have taken a resolution, we have done it. To empower India, we have to move forward by taking inspiration from Chakradhari Mohan (Lord Krishna) and to make India self-reliant, we have to follow the path of Charkhadhari Mohan (Mahatma Gandhi).