PM Modi leads Engineers' Day celebrations in India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his wishes to all the "hardworking engineers" on the occasion of Engineers' Day and thanked them for their pivotal role in making the planet better and technologically advanced.

The Prime Minister took to Twitter to pay homage to remarkable M Visvesvaraya, whose birth anniversary is celebrated as 'Engineers' Day'. To honour him, India celebrates Engineers' Day on September 15 each year.

"Greetings on Engineers' Day to all hardworking engineers. No words are enough to thank them for their pivotal role in making our planet better and technologically advanced. I pay homage to the remarkable M Visvesvaraya on his birth anniversary and recall his accomplishments," PM Modi said in a tweet.

Born on September 15, 1861, in Muddenahalli near Chikkaballapur, M Visvesvaraya was a world-renowned civil engineer and is considered the foremost nation-builders, creating marvels upon which modern India was built.

(ANI)