Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration and basis stone laying of ₹35,000 crore growth initiatives at an occasion, in Vadodara, Gujarat. Picture: YouTube@NarendraModi through PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) slammed the earlier Congress-led regime within the nation for the sluggish tempo of growth work, including that “Naraz Fufa” will now query the affect of the devoted freight hall on truck drivers.
“After 2014, India constructed 50,000 trendy rail coaches. The earlier (Congress) regime couldn’t construct even 50,000 bogs in 10 years,” Mr. Modi mentioned.
He was addressing a big gathering after inaugurating and laying the muse stone of ₹35,000 crore initiatives at a programme in Vadodara in Gujarat.
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Mr. Modi inaugurated three key sections of the Western Devoted Freight Hall, connecting Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai with Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, marking completion of the mission.
“Devoted freight corridors are the lifeline of a fast-developing India. India’s transformation is accelerating due to this contemporary freight community,” Mr. Modi mentioned.
Earlier, passenger and items trains needed to run on the identical tracks, slowing down each passenger journey and freight motion however the Devoted Freight Hall has modified this, he mentioned.
“Naraz Fufa will now scream: what is going to occur to truckers? Fufa has some work now,” Mr. Modi mentioned, with out naming Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.
“After 2014, together with your blessings, once I reached Delhi, and as quickly as we arrived there, we started accelerating this mission. Work on the devoted freight corridors has been accomplished right now,” he mentioned.
“At the moment, the Japanese and Western Freight Corridors have gotten the principle spine of the nation’s commerce and enterprise,” Mr. Modi mentioned.
The two,800-km lengthy Devoted Freight Hall is a testomony to how the nation’s work tradition has remodeled over the previous 12 years, Mr. Modi mentioned.
“The thought for this Devoted Freight Hall started in 2004. In 2006, a particular firm was established to hold out this work, and till 2014, recordsdata simply saved shuffling from one place to a different.
“Sadly, even these recordsdata weren’t lucky sufficient to get a devoted hall. Recordsdata would get caught, cling round, wander aimlessly,” Mr. Modi mentioned.
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