Modi appreciates hard work of
Indians
in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh(Saudi
Arabia): Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, who arrived here on Saturday, 2nd April 2016 on a
two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, voiced his appreciation for the hard work put in
by the huge number of Indian blue collar workers for the development of the
Gulf kingdom.
It is your sweat and toil that has
brought me here, Modi said while addressing workers of L&T at their
residential complex here.
Your happiness is my happiness and
when you are not happy, I also feel the same, he said.
This was the second community
interaction of Modi on Saturday.
Earlier, Modi addressed members of
the Indian community in a conference hall during which he spoke of India's
economic growth and rise on the world stage.
Modi told the workers' gathering at
the residential complex that India has the kind of manpower that the world
needed today.
When in the times to come, people
will see the work you have done, you will realise the importance of your
efforts, he said.
After his arrival at the complex, the
prime minister was given a presentation on the work on the Riyadh Metro Project
for which the workers have been employed.
L&T is doing around $2 billion
worth of work on one line of the $600-billion metro project.
There are nearly three million
expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, many of whom are blue collar workers
involved in the country's infrastructure projects.
They send around $10 billion in
remittances every year making an important contribution to the economy of their
homeland.
Earlier on Saturday, Modi was received
at the King Khalid International Airport by Governor of Riyadh Prince Faisal
Bin Bandar Al Saud.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the L&T
Workers after his address.
(Photos by MEA& ANI).
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