'Cleanliness, creation and self-reliance': PM urges Indians to make these resolutions

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi, he urged Indians to make three resolutions.

"I want three resolutions from you, not for yourself, but for our country - cleanliness, creation and continuous efforts to create a self-reliant India," PM Modi said.

The PM said that cleanliness is a way of life and progress is difficult with without following it. He also stressed on importance of creativity and innovation in helping India reach new heights.

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Speaking about his vision of an 'atmanirbhar Bharat', PM Modi said efforts need to be increased to make India more self-reliant. He said Indians needs to have more faith in local businesses.

In his speech he also spoke about balance between cultural heritage and development.

Modi said the whole new complex of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham is not just a grand building, but a symbol of the "Sanatan culture" of India, its spiritual soul antiquity and traditions.

If India is building Ram Temple, Kashi Vishwanath Dham, it is also laying down thousands of kilometers of optical fibres in sea, building millions of houses for the poor and is working to send people to space, the prime minister said.

He also noted the work done on Buddhist and Sikh pilgrimage centres among others.

"The new India has heritage as well as development. It is not only proud of its culture but has equal belief in its capabilities," he said.

The premises, which he said was a confluence of the ancient and new, is a testimony to our capabilities, and nothing is impossible if there is a firm resolve.

"The strength of destroyers can never be bigger India's 'shakti' and 'bhakti'. The world will look at us in the same way we look at ourselves," he said.