'Continue with work': How PM Modi's family is dealing with the loss of Hiraben

New Delhi: Family members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraben, who passed away on Friday, have thanked everyone for their prayers and requested people to continue with their scheduled work, saying it would be a befitting tribute to her. “We thank everyone for their prayers in these tough times. It is our humble request to everyone to keep the departed soul in their thoughts and continue with their pre-decided schedule and commitments. That would be a befitting tribute to Hiraba,” family sources said. Modi will himself attend several development programmes in West Bengal through video-conferencing. Initially, he was to inaugurate railway projects worth over Rs 5,800 crore in West Bengal personally. However, plans changed after his mother’s demise. The projects include the inauguration of the Joka-Taratala stretch of the Joka-Esplanade Metro Project (Purple Line) and the flagging off of the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express. The Joka-Taratala 6.5-km stretch having six stations has been constructed at a cost of more than Rs 2,475 crore. Passengers of southern parts of Kolkata such as Sarsuna, Dakghar, Muchipara and South 24 Parganas will be immensely benefited by inauguration of this project. Hiraben passed away at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday. She was 100. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.