To meet Kalam memorial deadline, workers put in more hours without extra wage: PM Modi

The work culture in central government offices has now changed from what it was earlier when employees used to have a tea break within an hour or so after reporting to work, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.

“The government workers earlier would come to office at 8 AM and go out for tea after an hour or so. It is not so now,” he said in his address after inaugurating the memorial of former President APJ Abdul Kalam. Hailing the completion of the memorial within a short span of time by the Defence Research and Development Agency (DRDO) officials and various workers, he said the present government has shown how projects could be planned and executed expeditiously.

He said the Kalam memorial built before the former President’s second death anniversary was a good example of how a government project could be completed with innovative features, beauty and quality with the cooperation of workers. “You must be wondering as to how the government project had been taken up, meticulously planned and executed within the time frame. There is a great change in the implementation of development works,” Modi said at a public meeting at Mandapam near here.

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