Modi Stresses Growth, Sidestepping Politics, in Visit to Restive Territory
PALLI, India — India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, dedicated a solar plant in the village of Palli in northern India on Sunday, holding the project up as an example of his government’s plans to convert a disputed, conflict-ridden region into an engine of green development.
“The way your parents and your grandparents have suffered,” Modi said Sunday, addressing the region’s youth, “you will never have to endure those hardships.” “We had hardly any electricity and we used to light our homes sometimes by burning wood,” said Samita Devi, who lives in Palli, a village of more than 450 families near Pakistan’s border.
A new 500-kilowatt solar project to provide electricity to the farming village was meant to be a sign of change in Jammu, where development projects have accelerated in recent months.
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