₹19,600 crore at Chandikhole in Odisha's Jajpur district, and said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre was trying to complete projects ‘rapidly’. The new projects related to sectors such as oil and gas, railways, road transport, highways and atomic energy. During the event, PM Modi said the previous governments had never shown interest in the timely completion of projects, adding that those projects that remained stuck in the previous governments' time were completed under the tenure of the BJP-led Centre in the past 10 years.
The Prime Minister said: "Today's event is also a recognition of how rapidly the work culture has changed in our country over the years. The earlier governments were not interested in completing the projects on time. Whereas our government tries to rapidly complete the projects.
After 2014, those projects that were stuck, and lost in the country were completed." Addressing the gathering, PM Modi said the number of people in attendance resounded the BJP's resolution of crossing the 400-seat mark in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. "You people coming here in such large numbers shows the mood of the East. Odisha's resolution is very clear today.
This resolution is 'Abki Baar 400 Paar'," PM Modi said. According to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Indian Oil Corporation's Mono Ethylene Glycol project in Paradip Refinery was inaugurated to help reduce the country's import dependency. The inauguration of CONCOR Container Depot in Kalinga Nagar, which also happened today, is aimed at boosting domestic and international trade.
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