Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said new cities are being built in the country as per global business demand, with a focus on improving and expanding old cities. India of the 21st century will get a new impetus from the country’s cities, he said, while stressing the need for sister city development.
Describing speed as an important factor in development, Modi said the transport system should be modern with seamless connectivity. The Prime Minister was addressing a rally in Ahmedabad after flagging off the Gandhinagar-Bombay Vande Bharat Express and launching phase 1 of the Ahmedabad Metro project.
21st century India will get new dynamism from the country’s cities. With changing times, it is necessary to keep modernizing our cities with changing needs,” he said. “The transport system in the city should be modern, there should be seamless connectivity. One mode of transport should support the other. This is necessary,” Modi said.
India considers speed important for development and this is reflected in the national master plan Gati Shakti for multimodal connectivity, he added. Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad are excellent examples of twin city development. A base is being prepared for the development of many sister cities in Gujarat. So far we have heard of New York and New Jersey as twin cities. India cannot lag behind. You can see the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar model developing as twin cities, he said.
Modi said that with the Vande Bharat Express train launched from Gandhinagar Capital railway station, the travel time between Ahmedabad and Mumbai will be reduced from eight to five and a half hours. “Even Shatabdi trains take six to seven hours. But the Vande Bharat train will reach Ahmedabad to Mumbai in five-and-a-half hours. Gradually, more improvements will be made in it,” he said.
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