GUWAHATI: Welcoming the year 2021 on a poetic note, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pens a "mesmerising and motivating poem", 'Abhi Toh Suraj Uga Hai'.
MyGovIndia's Twitter handle. The poem is titled "Abhi toh Suraj Uga Hai (The Sun has just Risen)".
"Let's start our first day of the new year with a mesmerising and motivating poem 'Abhi toh Suraj Uga hai', written by our beloved PM @narendramodi," read the caption. Listen to the poem here:
The video shared along with the poem pays tribute to frontline workers including doctors, soldiers and police, and also to farmers. PM Modi's poem alludes to the pandemic and people's hardship amid the crisis.
Meanwhile, PM Modi also extended new year greetings with a message on Twitter. "Wishing you a happy 2021! May this year bring good health, joy and prosperity. May the spirit of hope and wellness prevail," he wrote.
The PM had earlier during the day virtually laid the foundation stone of the Light House Projects under the Global Housing Technology Challenge-India.
Today, the country has taken a different approach. We have decided to change the approach towards housing. Why should the country not get better technology?" PM Modi said.
The project involves the construction of around 1,000 houses each with allied infrastructure facilities within a year using new-age alternate global technologies, materials, and processes in Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Rajkot (Gujarat), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Agartala (Tripura) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
Union minister for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, and chief ministers of Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, respectively were also present.
"On the first day of 2021, will be taking part in a programme aimed at transforming India's urban landscape. Will lay the foundation stone of Light House Projects and distribute PMAY (Urban) and ASHA-India awards," PM Modi tweeted.
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