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, 7 $)89! '#*88:;#8<=)(89! 9>%!<;#8<=)(89! ! !"!#$!%!'(()#*) %&'"( ) *!"%' + !" #$ 01 23 5 + ,O ./ 4 5 !" "# $%& ' ( " &)*)*+, )-!6 $ %'( $) rime Minister Narendra Modi on O+ PSaturday said Bundelkhand Expressway will prove to be the development expressway of the region. To P link Bundelkhand region to national Capital Delhi through the Agra- Lucknow Expressway and the Yamuna + their problems and finding ways to Expressway, the Prime Minister laid reduce their issues. During previous the foundation stone of the 296-km- rime Minister Narendra Modi governments, very few such camps long Bundelkhand Expressway to be on Saturday said ensuring that used to be organised, he said. built at a cost of 15,000 crore. Pall citizens get benefit and jus- “In the last five years, our gov- M The expressway will pass through tice is the government’s responsibil- ernment held around 9,000 camps in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot, Banda, ity and also the base of ‘sabka saath, various parts of the country. In the ! " Hamirpur and Jalaun districts. sabka vikas and sabka vishwas’. five years of the previous government, “The project will put “It is the responsibility of the gov- equipment to people with disabilities Bundelkhand on the development ernment that every person is bene- worth less than 380 crore were dis- expressway. It will definitely change fitted and every person gets justice. tributed, while our government gave peoples lives in this entire region,” This is the base of sabka saath, equipment worth more than 900 Modi said after laying the foundation sabka vikas, sabka vishwas,” h e s ai d crore, which is two-and-half times NO Q ' of the expressway here by pressing a reciting a Sanskrit shloka at a mega more,” he said. button. camp for distribution of assistive “I am of the view that these “To come up at a cost of around devices among people with disabili- equipment will only assist your 15,000 crores, this project will cre- ! " # $ ties and senior citizens. Modi said ‘buland hausla’ (strong confidence). Q" Q ate thousands of job opportunities and serving 130 crore people of the Your real strength is your patience, ( %&'() *) + # ) connect the common people with - country is the priority of his gov- capacity (saamarthya) and mind )" facilities in bigger cities,” said the ernment. (maanas),” he said, adding that he has Prime Minister. Be it the Bundelkhand Hitting out at previous govern- been told that many records are being Expressway, the Purvanchal Government, Modi said Chief corridor and the expressway — have ments, he said they did not care for created at this camp. Expressway or the proposed Ganga Minister Yogi Adityanath and his a deep relationship. The Bundelkhand the people with disabilities but his In building a “new India”, the " Q Expressway, they will all increase Government is working in “express Expressway will give speed to the dispensation was thinking about Turn to Page 4 ( * connectivity in Uttar Pradesh and speed (express gati)” mode. Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor, increase job avenues, Modi said. “Earlier, expressways could be Modi said. He said that “at one point The expressway will be supple- only change its destiny, but also of India, Recalling the state of affairs in the seen in bigger cities like Delhi and of time, this region produced revolu- menting the nodes of the Uttar he said raising the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Bundelkhand region in the past, he Mumbai. But, now, people from tionaries of India’s freedom struggle, Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor Kisaan’. + said, “You must have seen in the past Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, and in the coming time it will make announced by the Central “Today, you have seen the defence decades how in the name of Hamirpur and Jalaun will avail the India self-reliant in ammunition and Government in February 2018. corridor, this is ‘Jai Jawan’. Beginning of Bundelkhand and farmers, packages benefit of the expressway. This mod- equipment”. “Farmers of this place will also FPOs is ‘Jai Kisaan’. May Bundelkhand worth thousand of crores of rupees ern infrastructure will develop new “This area of Bundelkhand is gain, there will be job avenues and march ahead with ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan’,” " were announced but farmers did not industries here,” he said. going to become a big centre of income of every family will rise. The Modi said. benefit.” “But now the country has The Prime Minister said that “a ‘Make in India’. The things produced tourism sector will also benefit,” said The Prime Minister said he was con- - . /- come out of that phase and every sin- provision of 3,700 crore has been here will be exported across the the Prime Minister, who also launched fident that “from Chitrakoot, from 0 gle paisa is reaching its right benefi- made for the Uttar Pradesh Defence world. Once big factories are set up, 10,000 farmer producer organisations Bundelkhand, the aspirations of Uttar ciary,” the Prime Minister said. Corridor in this year’s Budget. smaller industrial units will also gain,” (FPOs) all over the country. Pradesh and the entire country will get Lauding the Uttar Pradesh These two schemes — the defence Modi said. Bundelkhand is getting ready to not express speed”. Q / 1 R 2. Afghanistan is crucial. " With Islamabad playing a n a day the US and the major role in the US-Taliban OTaliban inked a peace deal, peace accord, India fears that he United States signed a India on Saturday said its pol- given Pakistan’s influence over 0 Tlandmark deal with the icy is to support all opportu- the Taliban, the powerful 3 Taliban on Saturday, laying nities that can bring peace, sta- Pakistan military establish- out a timetable for a full troop bility and end violence in ment will now fuel cross-bor- withdrawal from Afghanistan Afghanistan. But at the same der terrorism. L within 14 months — with the time, in an apparent reference Over the last two days, initial drawdown of forces from to Pakistan, India underscored Foreign Secretary Harsh ' a total of 13,000 to 8,600 hap- that sustainable peace there Vardhan Shringla met pening in the next 4 months— requires an end to externally- President Ashraf Ghani, whom " as it seeks an exit from its sponsored terrorism. he handed over a letter from longest-ever war. As a major stakeholder in Prime Minister Narendra + The agreement is expected Afghanistan, India conveyed to Modi, besides Chief Executive to lead to a dialogue between Kabul that its support is for Abdullah Abdullah, Vice . 1 the Taliban and the Kabul enduring and inclusive peace President-elect Amrullah Saleh, Government that, if successful, and reconciliation which is National Security Adviser " + ( could ultimately see an end to Afghan-led, Afghan-owned Hamdullah Mohib and acting 21 the grinding 18-year conflict. and Afghan-controlled. New Foreign Minister Haroon However, the pace of Delhi said it will continue to Chakhansuri. The political American troop withdrawal "- . / 1 * P ) extend all support to the leadership was apprised about / from Afghanistan is condi- "- - Afghan people for realising India’s views on the peace deal tions-based and will depend on their aspirations. as well as its commitment for / 4 ' " how well the Taliban comply The US-Taliban deal has all-round development of the 5 with the commitments they constructive role in helping "Allahu Akbar" (God is great- Government of Afghanistan serious security implications country. " have made, the White House implement the historic peace est). US Secretary of State Mike live up to these commitments, for India with Pakistan using India reiterated the said on Saturday after the US deal with the Taliban. Pompeo looked on as the two we will have a powerful path Afghanistan as strategic depth Government’s commitment to ' and the militant group signed Taliban fighter-turned- inked the deal, after urging the forward to end the war in to counter New Delhi’s military a peaceful and stable a landmark peace deal. dealmaker Mullah Baradar insurgents to "keep your Afghanistan and bring our strength and backing the Afghanistan besides further ( - . 1 Pakistan needs to help the signed the accord alongside promises to cut ties with Al- troops home," he said. Taliban for years. Hence, India strengthening of economic and . US solve problem in Washington's chief negotiator Qaeda". But the position of the has also conveyed to the US human resources development ! Afghanistan for a better bilat- Zalmay Khalilzad, at a gilded On the eve of the signing, Afghan Government, which that pressure on Pakistan to partnership with it. 1 eral relationship, a senior

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