Varanasi: Infrastructure is key to a nation’s economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while flagging off four Vande Bharat trains from the Banaras railway station on Saturday.

The Prime Minister also spoke on how spiritual tourism has ushered in development in Uttar Pradesh, with devotees visiting pilgrimage sites contributing thousands of crores of rupees to the state’s economy.

“In developed countries across the world, the biggest reason for economic growth has been their infrastructure. In every nation that has achieved major progress, the driving force behind it has been infrastructure development,” PM Modi said. ADVERTISEMENT

“Infrastructure is not just about big bridges and highways. Whenever such systems are developed anywhere, it sparks the overall development of tha

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