PM Modi Varanasi Visit Live: You may say Prime Minister, the government may say, but I consider myself your servant: PM Modi
‘The government at the center and in UP is the government that cares for the poor’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, ‘Today the government in the center, the government in UP is the government that cares for the poor, the government that serves the poor. Even if you people speak Prime Minister, the government speaks, but Modi considers himself only your servant. Before 2014, even opening bank accounts used to sweat, poor families could not even think of taking loans from banks. Today even the poorest of the poor families have a Jan Dhan bank account. The money of his right… Government help comes directly to the bank account today.
5 km on either side of the Ganga. Focus on promoting natural farming on part of: PM Modi
PM Modi said, ‘Now a big campaign related to the environment is going to start on both sides of the Ganges. It is the effort of the government that 5 km on both sides of the Ganga. Natural farming should be promoted in the part of. For this, announcements have also been made in this year’s budget. The path of development that we have chosen has convenience as well as sensitivity. Drinking water has also been a challenge in this area. Today many projects related to drinking water have been inaugurated here and work has also started on new projects.
‘The means of commuting will be better in Kashi under the Smart City Mission’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his address, ‘Today a big work has been done in the direction of strengthening the air connectivity of Banaras. New ATC tower has been inaugurated today at Babatpur airport. The work being done in Kashi under the Smart City Mission will also increase facilities and improve the means of commuting. A floating jetty is being constructed in Kashi keeping in mind the minor needs of the devotees and tourists.
Construction of ropeway will increase both the convenience and attractiveness of Kashi: PM Modi
PM Modi said, ‘More than 50 lakh people are coming to Banaras every month. People coming to Banaras are bringing with them means of income for every family of Banaras. The tourists coming here are creating means of employment and self-employment. Be it road, bridge, rail, airport, all the new means of connectivity have made it very easy to travel to Kashi, but now we have to move one step further. Now that this rope-way is being built here, both the convenience and the attraction of Kashi will increase.
Today in Kashi, both the ancient and the new forms are being seen together: PM
PM Modi said, ‘Today the development of Kashi is being discussed in the whole country and the world. Whoever is coming to Kashi is taking new energy from here. Today in Kashi, darshan of both the old and new forms are happening simultaneously. People who meet me in the country and abroad tell me how they are mesmerized by the reconstruction of Vishwanath Dham.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of projects worth crores of rupees in Varanasi.
While laying the foundation stone of projects worth hundreds of crores related to the all-round development of Banaras, PM Modi said, ‘Navratri is auspicious time, today is the day of worship of Maa Chandraghanta. It is my good fortune, on this auspicious occasion, today I am among all of you on the land of Kashi. With the blessings of Maa Chandraghanta, today another chapter is being added to the happiness and prosperity of Banaras, today the foundation stone of public transport rope-way has been laid here.
The number of TB patients is reducing in India: PM Modi
PM Modi said, “Today the number of TB patients is decreasing in India. Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir have been honored with the TB-free award. I congratulate the people who have achieved this success. ‘New India’ is known to fulfill its goals. India took the pledge of open defecation and achieved it and showed it. India also fulfilled the target of solar power generation capacity on time.
India is now working on the target of ending TB by 2025: PM Modi
PM Modi said in Varanasi, ‘India is now working on the target of ending TB by the year 2025. The global target to end TB is 2030, but India is working on the goal of ending TB by 2025.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: ‘Worked on a new strategy to ensure that no TB patient is left out of treatment’
PM Modi said, ‘No TB patient should be left out of treatment, for this we worked on a new strategy. For the screening of TB patients, for their treatment, we have linked them to the Ayushman Bharat scheme. We have increased the number of labs across the country for free TB testing.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: ’10 lakh TB patients have been adopted by ordinary citizens of the country’
PM Modi said, “The great thing that India has done in the fight against TB is public participation. We had called upon the people of the country to become ‘Ni-Kshaya Mitra’ to join the campaign of ‘TB-free India’. After this campaign, about 10 lakh TB patients have been adopted by the common citizens of the country.
‘India’s Nai Soch is a new model for the global fight against TB’
PM Modi said in his address, ‘The new thinking and approach with which India started working against TB since 2014 is really unprecedented. The whole world should know about these efforts of India because it is a new model of global fight against TB. In the last 9 years, India has worked together on many fronts in the fight against TB. For example, public participation, special campaigns for nutrition, new strategies for treatment, full use of technology and campaigns like Fit India, Khelo India and Yoga promoting good health.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: PM Modi said, ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ is a reflection of India’s ideology
PM Modi said, “The reflection of India’s ideology as a country is reflected in the spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ ie- ‘The whole world is one family’. This ancient idea is giving integrated ideas, integrated solutions to the modern world today. He said, “India has also kept the theme of the G-20 summit – ‘One world, one family, one future’! This theme is the resolution of the shared future of the whole world as one family.
Kashi will give a new energy to our global resolve against diseases like TB: PM Modi
PM Modi said, ‘Kashi testifies that no matter how big the challenge is, when everyone’s effort is there, a new path also emerges. I am sure that Kashi will give a new energy to our global resolve against a disease like TB.
The city of Kashi is an eternal land which has been witness to the efforts and hard work of humanity for thousands of years: PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi said, “It is a matter of great pleasure for me that the ‘One World TB Summit’ is happening in Kashi. Fortunately, I am also the MP of Kashi. The city of Kashi is the eternal land which has been witness to the efforts and hard work of humanity for thousands of years.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: PM Modi launches major initiatives to end TB in India
PM Narendra Modi launched major initiatives to end TB in India by pressing a button at the ‘One World TB Summit’. He laid the foundation stone of the National Center for Disease Control and High Containment Laboratory in Varanasi by pressing a button.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: ‘21% of the country’s TB patients in Uttar Pradesh’
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said in Varanasi, ‘21% of the country’s TB patients have been found in Uttar Pradesh. Among the targets that Uttar Pradesh has achieved in the last 5 years, Rs 422 crore has been paid to 16 lakh 90 thousand patients through nutritional assistance.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: CM Yogi Adityanath said, India is close to TB free
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said at the ‘One World TB Summit’ in Varanasi, ‘In 2018, the World Health Organization had resolved to make the world TB-free by 2030. In this connection, PM Modi took forward the resolution to make India TB free by 2025 – today we are closer to it.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: ’24 lakh TB cases are found annually in India’
Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said, ’24 lakh TB cases are found annually in India. In an effort to save their lives, in 2018, PM Modi made a commitment to the country and the world to make India TB-free by the end of 2025, while the whole world had set a target of 2030.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: PM Modi reached Rudraksh Convention Center
PM Narendra Modi has reached Rudraksh Convention Center in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He will address the ‘One World TB Summit’ here in a short while.
PM Modi Varanasi Visit: PM Modi will inaugurate 20 projects worth 200 crores
According to Divisional Commissioner Kaushalraj Sharma, 20 projects worth about 200 crores will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister. This includes ATC tower at the airport, construction of a pack house at Karkhianv, inter-house circumambulation path, police line barracks and various smart city projects, among others. Apart from this, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of nine major projects worth more than 1500 crores. This includes projects like Urban Public Transport Ropeway, proposed Bhagwanpur STP from Namami Gange, Phase 2 and 3 work of Sigra Stadium, drinking water scheme, Bharthara PHC, LED packet unipole, floating jetty and changing room, HPL bottling plant established at Sewapuri.
