New Delhi: A clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi picking up garbage with bare hands on Sunday (June 19, 2022) inside the newly inaugurated ITPO tunnel under Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit is going viral on social media. In the video, PM Modi, displaying his commitment to a ‘Clean India’, can be seen leaning from the pavement and picking up wrappers and plastic water bottles inside the newly inaugurated tunnel. The video was posted online by news agency ANI and has garnered thousands of views and comments so far.
Inspecting the newly inaugurated tunnel, PM Modi picked up an empty plastic water bottle and some other things that were thrown away. He was looking at the paintings on the inner wall of the tunnel.
Watch the video here:
#watch , Prime Minister Narendra Modi picks up garbage at the newly launched ITPO tunnel under the Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor in Delhi
(Source: PMO) pic.twitter.com/mlbiTy0TsR— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2022
Meanwhile, West Bengal BJP co-in-charge Amit Malviya also shared this video on the micro-blogging website and said, “Commitment to cleanliness is an article of faith for the Prime Minister. Even the inauguration of ITPO tunnel. On occasion, he made it a point to take up the trash and lead by example.”
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Notably, the project has been built at a cost of over Rs 920 crore, which is fully funded by the central government. This long-awaited tunnel will serve as an alternative route to Bhairon Marg, which is running well beyond its carrying capacity and is expected to carry more than half the traffic load of Bhairon Marg.
Along with the tunnel, there will be six underpasses – four on Mathura Road, one on Bhairon Marg and one at the intersection of Ring Road and Bhairon Marg.
(with agency input)