WEST Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said the Centre was prioritising the State’s reconstruction, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally monitoring the implementation of central projects and Union Ministers visiting the State regularly to speed up pending work. Speaking to the reporters, CM Adhikari said Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari would visit West Bengal on November 26 to lay the foundation stone for National Highway projects worth Rs 20,000 crore. Describing the upcoming 19th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention, the Chief Minister highlighted the event as an opportunity to showcase West Bengal’s industrial potential, tourism, culture and religious heritage to the global Indian diaspora. “This is excellent, auspicious news for West Bengal. It also presents a great opportunity.

 

The Prime Minister not only spearheaded the election campaign to form the Government, but he has also put his full weight behind the reconstruction of West Bengal,” Adhikari said. He said the Prime Minister had directed Union Ministers to visit the State and expedite pending infrastructure projects, including those related to railways. “A Minister from the Central Government visits the State almost every week. It seems the Prime Minister himself is monitoring the implementation of every Central Government project in Bengal,” he said. Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday walked into the backyard of his predecessor Mamata Banerjee, visiting a Kali Puja organised by her estranged brother Babun Banerjee barely two houses away from her residence in Kalighat, in a politically significant appearance marked by an elaborate welcome.