Celebrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday as a "day of service" (Seva Diwas), Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday attended a railway medical camp in Chennai.
Addressing the gathering at the camp, Goyal said, "I am very happy to come to Chennai today and a part of 'Seva Karya.' On Prime Minister Modi ji's birthday, we are doing social work across India. BJP workers all across the country have carried out this type of social work today."
Goyal averred that the social activities that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu workers are doing with party's state President Tamilisai Soundararajan is really great.
"Tamil Nadu BJP has also donated two ambulance for the welfare of the masses," he said.
With the blessings of all citizens of India, the Railway Minister said, "we will prove our campaign by implementing our good intentions in the nation."
"We are working with 125 crore Indians and we have support of NGOs also. A new India will be comprised of where every citizen will get its home with proper toilet facility, drinking water, proper electricity , quality education, good quality health services etc. and I am sure we will be successful in doing this work," he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who celebrates his 67th birthday today, inaugurated and dedicated the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation, in Kevadia, Gujarat, nearly six decades after its foundation stone was laid.
An official release said that the increase in the height of the dam will facilitate a usable storage of 4.73 Million Acre Feet (MAF) and will greatly benefit the participating states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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