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Railway is the backbone of India`s growth, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasizing that his government will try to connect every town in India with rail link. Modi inaugurated the Hazaribagh-Koderma train and said railway plays a significant role in both economic growth and development. Jharkhand state possessed rich mineral resources and railway network could help transport the minerals on tracks. The Centre signed fresh MoUs with the government of Jharkhand to complete six major railway projects, including that of the Koderma-Hazaribagh-Ranchi rail project at the earliest. These projects would be completed by March 2017 and both Centre and state would provide funds on fifty-fifty basis. Comparing Jharkhand with Australia for having the same type of natural resources, he said once natural resources of Jharkhand were utilized properly, the state would become the most developed one in the country. Modi also said he planned modernizing railway and use it also to provide employment.
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