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Modi touts rail coaches, freight corridor completion, attacks Congress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at an event in Vadodara, Gujarat.
He said India built many modern train coaches after 2014.
He compared this with the earlier Congress-led government, which he said built fewer toilets.
Modi also opened important parts of a special railway route for carrying goods.
This route links a port near Mumbai with Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.
Freight trains can use this route instead of sharing tracks with passenger trains.
Modi said this should help goods and passenger trains move more efficiently.
He also criticized the earlier government for taking too long to begin the project.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the previous Congress-led government over what he called slow development.
Modi said India built 50,000 modern rail coaches after 2014, while the previous regime did not build 50,000 toilets in 10 years.
He inaugurated three sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor at a Vadodara event involving projects worth Rs 35,000 crore.
The completed freight corridor connects Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai with Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.
Modi said the 2,800-kilometre Eastern and Western Freight Corridors will support trade and separate freight traffic from passenger trains.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the previous Congress-led regime, and the Congress leader he alluded to as “Naraz Fufa.”
- What
- Modi inaugurated three sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor and criticized the previous government’s development record.
- Where
- At an event in Vadodara, Gujarat; the corridor links Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai with Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Tuesday, September 8; the year is not specified in the article.
- Why
- The freight corridor is intended to separate goods and passenger trains, speeding freight movement and passenger travel; Modi also used the event to contrast his government’s record with the previous Congress-led regime.
Key facts
- Projects announced
- Projects worth Rs 35,000 crore were inaugurated or launched at the Vadodara programme.
- Rail coaches
- Modi said 50,000 modern rail coaches were built after 2014.
- Freight corridor length
- The Dedicated Freight Corridor is 2,800 kilometres long.
- Western corridor route
- It connects Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai with Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.
- Sections inaugurated
- Three key sections of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor were inaugurated.
- Project timeline
- The idea began in 2004, a special company was established in 2006, and Modi said work was completed after 2014.
- Government criticism
- Modi said the previous Congress-led regime could not build 50,000 toilets in 10 years.
Quotes
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
“The idea for this Dedicated Freight Corridor began in 2004. In 2006, a special company was established to carry out this work, and until 2014, files just kept shuffling from one place to another.”
CNBC TV 18
“Dedicated freight corridors are the lifeline of a fast-developing India. India’s transformation is accelerating because of this modern freight network.”
CNBC TV 18
Sources
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