Uttarakhand global investors summit: Have at least one destination wedding in Uttarakhand, PM says

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the second Global Investors Summit in Uttarakhand where he urged rich Indians to have at least one destination wedding in the hill State and initiate the “Wed in India’ movement on the lines of ‘Make in India’.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the second Global Investors Summit in Uttarakhand where he urged rich Indians to have at least one destination wedding in the hill State and initiate the “Wed in India’ movement on the lines of ‘Make in India’.

“We in India believe that it is God who brings two people together in marriage. Then why are these young people, instead of starting their new life from the land of God, running to foreign countries [for their wedding],” said PM.

Asking all youngsters to start a “Wed in India” movement, Mr. Modi said that it surprises him how all the “dhannaseth” (rich) people of India follow the trend of getting married abroad. Addressing the crowd at the investors summit organised at Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehradun, the PM pointed out that many in the audience are likely to have had weddings in foreign countries.

“I know that all of you present here will not invest in the State. All I am asking is that have at least one wedding in your family in Uttarakhand in the next five years. Even if 5,000 weddings take place here, a huge infrastructure will develop, giving jobs to many,” he added.

Complimenting the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Uttarakhand government and all those involved in the successful rescue of workers after the recent tunnel collapse at Silkiyara, the PM reiterated the benefits of a double-engine government whose “double efforts” are visible everywhere.

Referring to the work under way in the State, from rural areas to the Char Dham project, Mr. Modi said that the day is not far when the distance between Delhi and Dehradun is reduced to two and a half hours. The Dehradun and Pantnagar airport extension projects will strengthen air connectivity to the State. Heli-taxi services are being expanded and rail connectivity too is being strengthened, he said, adding, “This creates new opportunities in agriculture, industry, logistics, storage, tourism, and hospitality.”

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