January 09, 2025 06:30 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Los Angeles wildfire leaves 5 dead, forces 1 lakh including celebs to flee, Hollywood hills ablazed | PM Modi condoles death of six people in Tirupati stampede incident | Days after condemning Pak airstrikes, India in a first engages with Afghanistan's Taliban regime | 6 dead in stampede near Tirupati temple during token distribution to offer prayers | Prominent journalist-film producer Pritish Nandy dies of cardiac arrest at 73 | Thousands, including Hollywood stars, flee Los Angeles upscale neighbourhood as wildfire engulfs homes | Sheesh Mahal row: AAP leaders who were denied entry into CM's residence turn towards PM's house | Anna University sexual assault accused is a DMK supporter, not member: MK Stalin | Ajit Doval, Raja Dato discuss bilateral cooperation during India-Malaysia Security Dialogue | US President-elect Donald Trump threatens to use economic force to make Canada 51st US State, Justin Trudeau retorts sharply

Modi congratulates J&K youth for building Chenani - Nashri Tunnel

| | Apr 02, 2017, at 11:34 pm
Srinagar, Apr 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated youth of Kashmir for working hard in building the Chenani - Nashri Tunnel which was inaugurated on Sunday.

"Youth of Jammu & Kashmir worked very hard in the making of the Chenani - Nashri Tunnel. I congratulate them for this," Modi said at the public meeting in Udhampur.

Referring to the stone-pelting incidents, Modi said: "Some misguided youngsters are pelting stones but see here, youth of Kashmir are using the same stones to build infrastructure."

He said tourism will bring economic development to the state.

"Every Indian wants to see Jammu and Kashmir. The beauty of this land can draw so many people. Tourism will also bring economic growth," he said.

"Youth of Kashmir have a choice to select one of the two paths- one of tourism the other of terrorism," Modi said.

The PM said: "The path of bloodshed has not helped any one and will never help anyone."

Modi said his government on believes on the word 'development'.

Modi on Sunday the longest road tunnel in India on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.

With the inauguration, the tunnel was made  operational for traffic.

Security was heightened across the state for Modi's visit.

 

Image: PMO India Twitter page

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.