During his visit to Mumbai on Sunday for laying laid foundation stones of connectivity projects Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he aims to make Mumbai the world’s capital in financial technology and Maharashtra the leading state in tourism.
“I aim to use Maharashtra’s power to transform it into an economic powerhouse of the world. Want to make Mumbai [the] global fintech capital,” Modi said, adding that he also wants Maharashtra to scale the top of the tourism charts. “There are so many magnificent forts of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, a rich Konkan coastline and the entire Sahyadri mountain range. There is immense potential to explore medical and conference tourism.”
He vowed to develop pilgrimage centres across the country to ease travel to such locations, making a specific reference to the ongoing Pandharpur Wari in Maharashtra.