It has also made an appeal that maximum number of countries should help India in the fight against COVID-19. Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka have also offered help to 'aatmanirbhar' India," the Sena said in an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana. Also read: Government allocated nearly twice of Central Vista cost on vaccination: PuriBut while poor countries are helping India in their own way, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not ready to stop the ambitious project of Central Vista worth ₹20,000 crore, the Sena added. According to it, several countries have stopped their citizens from travelling to India and our country is bearing the economic brunt of the pandemic. On Friday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had attacked the Union government over the Central Vista project, terming it a "criminal wastage" and asked the dispensation to focus on people's lives.

Source: The Hindu May 08, 2021 06:46 UTC