Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the Rail Vikas Shivir at Surajkund near New Delhi today.
The Indian Railways is organizing the three-day Shivir from today.
In his speech, PM Modi talked about his life and the importance of the event. Drawing from personal anecdotes, he talked about the future of the country. He even said “I spent my childhood on a railway track“.
The aim of the Shivir is to generate numerous innovative ideas across most critical areas of the railway operations for substantial progress of this sector.
Such brainstorming and large-scale planning involving all railway employees is taking place for the first time in the 163-year-long history of the Indian Railways.
Watch the entire speech here: