Modi also addressed a public meeting in Nagpur. He was there to inaugurate Nagpur Metro.
Narendra Modi said India's rural areas need adequate electricity supply to increase productivity and in turn prevent farmer suicides.
"We have to bring a qualitative change in people's lives in rural areas and have to begin with providing them adequate electricity. We must ensure that villages have access to 24-hour electricity," Modi said.
The prime minister said it was sad that farmers were forced to commit suicide because of inadequate power supply affecting their productivity.
"For a nation to develop, the focus must be on infrastructure," he said.
