<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, the top priority of his Government is to ensure basic facilities for every citizen and to build a modern infrastructure.<br />''<br />''Addressing a public meeting after arriving at the Cochin International Airport this evening the Prime Minister listed various measures taken by the Union Government for the people of Kerala.</span><br />''<br />''He said, people need to work on the resolve to make India a developed nation during 'Azadi Ka Amrit Kal'.<br />''<br />''Mr Modi observed that by adopting the Mantra of Sab ka Sath, Sab ka Vikas, Sab ka Vishwas, and Sab ka Prayas, the Government is converting resolutions into accomplishments.<br />''<br />''Mr Modi said, two lakh pucca houses have been approved for the poor of Kerala under the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana, of which over 1,30,000 houses have been completed.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for the second phase of the Metro project and inaugurated the first phase extension linking S N Junction and Vadakkekotta. He also dedicated to the nation three other Railway projects. Speaking on the occasion the Prime Minister said, metro systems in the country have contributed towards creating a better environment, reducing carbon footprint, and in decongesting of roads.<br />''<br />''Dedicating projects of the Indian railways,  the Prime Minister said, important railway stations are being developed with amenities matching airports. He said, the rail connectivity in Kerala has reached a new milestone with the doubling of the entire route from Thiruvananthapuram to Mangalore. With this, a long-standing demand of the  Ayyappa devotees has being fulfilled.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Earlier the Prime Minister worshipped at the Aadi Shankara Janmabhoomi Kshethram at Kalady, the birthplace of Adi Shankaracharya.</span>