He said the budget for expansion of the railway infrastructure in Uttarakhand now stands at ? 5,000 crore. Before 2014, it was less than ? 200 crore, the prime minister said, addressing the launch event of the first Vande Bharat train for Uttarakhand via video conference.
“India of the 21st century can prosper even faster by modernising its infrastructure. Parties in power for a long time earlier did not realise this. Their focus was on indulging in scams and corruption. They could not get out of the constraints of dynastic politics. They also made tall claims about highspeed trains but years went by and nothing happened,” Modi said.
He said for the first time, there is a government in the country which has the intention ('niyat'), policy ('niti') and dedication ('nishtha') requir ed to achieve development.
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