The Hindu report filed from Nagpur said: Speaking at the ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the Nagpur Metro Rail project here, Mr. Modi said: “Some nations smaller than India who achieved independence after us, have raced ahead. We can also get rid of poverty and race ahead if citizens make a resolve.”

India needs 100 “super cities” to match the speed of urbanisation, he added.

Stressing the need for clean cities, the Prime Minister urged the people to gift a “clean India” to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019. (Special Reporter/HC)