Chennai, Oct. 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called on young people to contribute to the vision of a "Viksit Bharat" at the golden jubilee celebrations of Jaigopal Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai, after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for development projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore in the city. The projects highlighted infrastructure expansion, manufacturing, port modernisation, employment generation and the state's economic potential.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, who shared the stage with the Prime Minister at the development-project event, thanked the Centre for the projects and presented a series of requests concerning metro rail expansion, high-speed...