New Delhi, Oct 03: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said India needed the "determination and will" for faster technological development to cope with the changes taking place at the international level. "Fast developments are taking place at global level. There is fierce competition among the nations....Changes are taking place in India, but they have to be accelerated. There is no dearth of money or talent in India, but of determination and will," Vajpayee said while flagging-off the second section of Delhi Metro line between Trinagar and Tis Hazari.
In December 2002, Vajpayee inaugurated the 8.3 km Delhi metro between Shahdara and Tis Hazari. With the flagging-off of the second section of DMRTS, the total operation length of the Metro from Shahdara to Tiz Hazari would be 12.5 km. Complimenting the Metro staff, Delhi government and DMRTS chairman for completing the second section of the metro within time, Vajpayee said there was no dearth of talent or lack of money but that of `determination and will" among the people and said if workers and officers so desire, any project can be completed within time.
He also hoped that the first phase of the metro would be completed by 2005 for the benefit of the over 1.25 crore people in the national capital.
Union ministers Sahib Singh Verma and Bandaru Dattatreya, Delhi`s Lt Governor Vijai Kapoor, Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, Metro chairman Madan Lal Khurana and Delhi`s Transport Minister Ajay Maken were among those present on the occasion. Bureau Report