India ‘isn’t scared of nuclear threats and instead enters the enemy’s home to strike’
Dhar, Sept 17 :
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Indian soldiers brought Pakistan to its knees “in the blink of an eye” during Operation Sindoor.
He was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone for the Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Park in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
“Our brave soldiers brought Pakistan to its knees in the blink of an eye,” Modi said. “Just yesterday, the country and the world saw a Pakistani terrorist weeping and recounting his plight,” Modi said. The PM was apparently referring to a viral video in which a Jaish-e-Mohamad (JeM) commander is heard explaining how the Indian armed forces entered their hideout and attacked them.
Months after India destroyed several terror establishments in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under Operation Sindoor, the JeM commander has admitted that the family of Masood Azhar, the terror group’s top commander, was “torn into pieces” in strikes on Bahawalpur. “This is the New India, which does not fear any nuclear threats. It enters the enemy’s house and strikes,” Modi said.
“Terrorists from Pakistan desecrated the vermilion of our sisters and daughters. We carried out Operation Sindoor and demolished the terror launch pads,” he said.
PM Modi also launched the ‘Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar’ and ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah’ campaigns from Dhar. PM Modi turned 75 on Wednesday, and this is his second visit to Madhya Pradesh on his birthday after 2022. He accepted greetings from people on his birthday at a rally in Dhar district.
The PM MITRA scheme has been launched by the Centre to establish large-scale textile manufacturing hubs at seven places in Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra with world-class infrastructure and facilities, a government statement said.
The PM MITRA Park is coming up on about 2,158 acres at Bhainsola village in Dhar district. It would be equipped with world-class facilities and would abundantly benefit the cotton producers, it said.
Facilities like a 20 Mega Litres per Day (MLD) common effluent treatment plant, a 10 Megavolt-amperes (MVA) solar power plant, continuous supply of water and electricity, modern roads and 81 plug-and-play units are being developed in the park, the statement said.
Housing and social facilities for workers and women employees would make the facility not just an industrial area but an ideal industrial town, it said. The coun
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try’s leading textile companies have also expressed confidence in the PM Mitra Park and have given investment proposals of Rs 23,146 crore so far, the statement said.
The ‘Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar’ campaign will run till October 2 at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (health and wellness centres) to prioritise women’s health with a focus on mental health, gender equity, adolescent anaemia management and active lifestyles, officials said. National Health Mission’s (NHM) MP Director Dr Saloni Sidana said women often neglect their own health while caring for others.
“Men must extend support, and women should dedicate at least an hour daily to self-care without guilt,” she stated. Dr Rachana Dubey, Director of the NHM’s Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Bureau, said many adolescents suffer from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) without realising it, and urged them to undergo screening during the campaign.
“We are developing centres to provide screening and treatment services,” she said. The 8th ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah’ will focus on limited consumption of sugar and edible oil, early childhood care and education, and promotion of locally available nutritious food resources.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister also spoke on the importance of Swadeshi. “I want to tell my trader brothers, you need to help me for the sake of the country, because I want to make India self-reliant by 2047 and for that whatever you see, it must me made in the country. We have to make Swadeshi as the foundation of developed India. Whatever we buy, we must first see, whether it has been made in the country. When we buy Swadeshi goods, the money remains in the country and that helps in the country’s development,” Prime Minister Modi said.
He urged the Madhya Pradesh government to run a campaign – ‘Proudly Say, This Is Swadeshi’.
