Completing previous government's pending projects: PM

New Delhi, Aug 15 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his government had decided to complete around 118 projects worth Rs 7.5 lakh crore of previous government which were pending for years.

The Prime Minister, in his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, said his government was giving importance to the projects started by the previous government and had created a group to review the pending programmes.

The Prime Minister said that he himself had reviewed development programmes, adding that if a project faces a hurdle, it is a barrier to the nation's development.