I was one day travelling by bus from Kakanad to Kacheripady(both places in Kochi,). By the time we reached stadium, it was a terrible traffic block. Like any typical malayalee, many people were blaming the system. I too engaged in a conversation with the person sitting next to me but of a different nature. I really got surprised by what he said.
He said he goes to Ahmedabad very often and the scenario over there is entirely different. If the roads are to be widened, the decision is taken and it will be implemented without any compromises. Wheather temples, mosques or shops are present are immaterial. First preference is given to infrastructure development. Vote bank politics is given only the last priority. As a result the people like Narendra Modi very much evn though many tried to label him as a tyrant initially.
The initial impression which people had about Modi was that he was a person propagating communalism in the state. All that's changed now. Where did the Tatas go after the Singur incident? They started their plant in Sanand and production is on in full scale.
There are a lot of development activities which had been taken up. One of them is Jyotigram Yojana where separate electricity lines are provided for household and agricultural purpose. This prevents misuse and ensures that the deserving people get electricity at concessional rates.During an investor's meet in Gujarat, many industry leaders including Anil Ambani and Sunil Mittal had said that Narendra Modi would be a person they would love to see as India's Prime Minister.
There was another major development in Kerala itself. CPM leader A.P. Abdullakutty had publicly said that Kerala must follow the Gujarat model of development. The senior comrades found this unbearable and lead to Abdullakutty's expulsion from the party. On the agricultural side, there are no major farmer suicides reported. All these clearly shows that Modi and BJP government has grown in stature and going from strength to strength.
There was an article in Mathrubhoomi about the rehabilitation of slum dwellers in Banglore for the metro rail project. It was really amazing. The government held talks with residents of JaiBhima colony in Malleshwaram. They had agreed to move into flats built for them near Peenya industrial estate area. The metro rail is not yet complete. But 82 out of 102 families had already shifted to their new residential complexes. Those people are happy and the metro rail is also on the right track. This example clearly shows an excellent model for inclusive development model. Orissa government can certainly learn lessons from this episode. They wanted to evict tribals from the Niyamgiri hills and transfer the forest land to Vedanta for mining.
These states, ie Gujarat and Karnataka are doing this without any central support.I am sure, if Modi was given the charge of common wealth games, it would have been world class. But the Congress government has little or no interest in all these.
To conclude, all these are really wonderful achievements and they are models that are worth replicating all over India.
Wonderful article sandeep... I dont mind which party is ruling.. i only expect them to show some political will for doing good things for the public.. Earlier, BJP govt in Gujarat was referred as hindu fanatics but they are still in power in the state for third consecutive term is because they mostly did good to the people there, barring a few hiccups.
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