With Independence Day speech, PM Modi set to sound the 2019 poll bugle

In his last Independence Day speech before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present a report card of his government’s flagship initiatives as well as policy measures and sound the bugle for the election season.

On August 15, Modi may also dedicate to the nation a 190-km railway line between Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and Phulera in Rajasthan, which fall under the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC). 

The Rs  814-billion-project of Eastern and Western DFCs will cover  3,360 km. Of this, around 1,500 km falls in the western region, starting from Dadri to Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. 

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