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Odisha cabinet hails Modi for 25 years in office
The Hindu··3d ago
Odisha's cabinet passed a resolution Tuesday congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 years in public life. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi cited 2,236 kilometres of new railway lines since 2014 and six Vande Bharat trains across 17 districts. The text also listed a ₹21,500 crore deep-sea port plan and a ₹24,700 crore shipbuilding cluster.
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What It Means For You
- The resolution lists railway, port and industrial projects tied to central approvals in Odisha.
- Majhi said Modi has visited Odisha eight times since the state government was formed.
- The cabinet framed welfare delivery as reaching the last rung under Antyodaya.
What's Happening
- Majhi chaired the meeting and read the congratulatory message on Modi's public service.
- The text claimed more than 25 crore people left multidimensional poverty in 12 years.
- It praised 100 percent railway electrification and 59 stations under Amrit Bharat redevelopment.
Purvodaya in state politics
- Majhi said Odisha sits at the centre of Modi's Purvodaya eastern development vision.
- Approvals named include a deep-sea port at Bahuda estuary in Ganjam.
- A Kendrapara shipbuilding cluster investment was also highlighted in the resolution.
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