NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation through his monthly radio program ‘Mann Ki Baat’. This will be PM Modi’s 77th episode in his radio program series.
The radio programme comes on the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre is completing 7 years in power.
‘Mann ki Baat’ is the Prime Minister’s monthly radio address which is broadcast on the last Sunday of every month
Here are the highlights:
* This has been the biggest pandemic in the last 100 years and during this very pandemic, India has confronted many a natural disaster with fortitude.
* Meanwhile, there was cyclone Amphan and cyclone Nisarg. Many states had floods, there were minor and major earthquakes, there were landslides.
* People who led rescue and relief work deserve more appreciation than can be expressed. I salute all of them. My heart goes out to all people who have lost their near and dear ones.
* My dear countrymen, however big the challenge be, India’s victory-resolve, her Vijay-Sankalp has always been equal in magnitude. Her collective strength and our spirit of service have always rescued the country from the midst of every storm.
* Friends, when the second wave came, the demand for oxygen surged all of a sudden. This was a very big challenge. Delivering medical oxygen to remote parts of the country was indeed a huge task.
* If an oxygen tanker moves fast, the slightest error can lead to the risk of a big explosion. Many plants manufacturing industrial oxygen are located in the eastern parts of the country, transporting oxygen from there to other states of the country requires many days.
* In confronting this challenge, the country was helped by cryogenic tanker drivers, the Oxygen Express and Air Force pilots.
* Mothers and sisters would be proud to hear that one ‘Oxygen Express’ is being run fully by women. Every woman of the country will feel proud of that. Not just that, every Indian will feel proud.
* On the one hand, empty tankers are being flown to oxygen plants by Air Force planes, on the other, work on the construction of new oxygen plants too is being completed.
* Along with that, oxygen, oxygen concentrators and cryogenic tankers from abroad also are being brought into the country. That is why, in this task Navy, Air Force, Army and our institutions like DRDO are also involved.
* At the beginning of Corona, there was only one testing lab in the country, but today more than two and a half thousand labs are in operation.
* Initially, only a few hundred Covid tests could be conducted in a day, now over 20 lakh tests are being carried out in a single day.
* There are countless frontline workers engaged in the work of sample collection, going amidst infected patients, and taking their sample is an example of yeoman service.
The radio programme comes on the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre is completing 7 years in power.
‘Mann ki Baat’ is the Prime Minister’s monthly radio address which is broadcast on the last Sunday of every month
Here are the highlights:
* This has been the biggest pandemic in the last 100 years and during this very pandemic, India has confronted many a natural disaster with fortitude.
* Meanwhile, there was cyclone Amphan and cyclone Nisarg. Many states had floods, there were minor and major earthquakes, there were landslides.
* People who led rescue and relief work deserve more appreciation than can be expressed. I salute all of them. My heart goes out to all people who have lost their near and dear ones.
* My dear countrymen, however big the challenge be, India’s victory-resolve, her Vijay-Sankalp has always been equal in magnitude. Her collective strength and our spirit of service have always rescued the country from the midst of every storm.
* Friends, when the second wave came, the demand for oxygen surged all of a sudden. This was a very big challenge. Delivering medical oxygen to remote parts of the country was indeed a huge task.
* If an oxygen tanker moves fast, the slightest error can lead to the risk of a big explosion. Many plants manufacturing industrial oxygen are located in the eastern parts of the country, transporting oxygen from there to other states of the country requires many days.
* In confronting this challenge, the country was helped by cryogenic tanker drivers, the Oxygen Express and Air Force pilots.
* Mothers and sisters would be proud to hear that one ‘Oxygen Express’ is being run fully by women. Every woman of the country will feel proud of that. Not just that, every Indian will feel proud.
* On the one hand, empty tankers are being flown to oxygen plants by Air Force planes, on the other, work on the construction of new oxygen plants too is being completed.
* Along with that, oxygen, oxygen concentrators and cryogenic tankers from abroad also are being brought into the country. That is why, in this task Navy, Air Force, Army and our institutions like DRDO are also involved.
* At the beginning of Corona, there was only one testing lab in the country, but today more than two and a half thousand labs are in operation.
* Initially, only a few hundred Covid tests could be conducted in a day, now over 20 lakh tests are being carried out in a single day.
* There are countless frontline workers engaged in the work of sample collection, going amidst infected patients, and taking their sample is an example of yeoman service.