PM Modi lays stone for new projects in TN, remembers 'Amma' for good work

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday hailed late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for her people-centric work as he dedicated several highway and railway projects, including Tejas train, to the people of the state.

Modi, who also laid foundation stone for a slew of other projects at a function here, began his address by paying tributes to the late AIADMK supremo, calling her "Amma Jayalalithaa ji".

Taking part in a public function in the state for the first time after the ruling AIADMK and the BJP entered into an electoral pact for the coming Lok Sabha polls, Modi lauded the works of Jayalalithaa.

Laying the foundation stone for the restoration of railway line between Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi, Modi recalled that the line had been damaged in the devastating 1964 cyclone.

"But for over 50 years no attention was paid to this line... but better late than never," he said.

He dedicated new highway projects, flyovers and laid foundation stone for four-laning in new sections of the ..