Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated and laid the foundation for development projects worth more than ₹ 7,200 crore at Sangareddy, about 60 km from Hyderabad.

Reiterating his commitment for Telangana’s progress, the PM said he works with the spirit that states’ development is the country’s growth.

“Today 140 crore Indians are determined for Viksit Bharat (developed India),” he said at an official event here.

It was essential to have modern infrastructure for a developed India. Therefore, the Centre had allocated ₹ 11 lakh crore towards infrastructure in this year’s budget and the Centre wanted Telangana to get the maximum benefit from it, he said.

Since the last 10 years, Centre was continuously working to take Telangana to new heights of development, he said.

Recalling that he had launched development projects worth ₹ 56,000 crore from Adilabad in the state on Monday, he said development initiatives worth about ₹ 7,000 crore were started at Sangareddy town today.

The projects are related to multiple key sectors such as road, rail, petroleum and natural gas.

The Prime Minister inaugurated the Civil Aviation Research Organisation (CARO) centre which was set up at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad by the Airports Authority of India to upgrade and enhance research and development (R&D) activities in the civil aviation sector.