Srinagar, Aug 15 (UNI) In a first, the Independence Day speech of Prime Minister Narandra Modi was on Saturday morning telecast on big screens installed at many places in the summer capital, Srinagar.

A big screen and speakers were put up at Jahangir Chowk, less than a km from Lal Chowk -- the nerve centre of the summer capital of the Union Territory of J&K -- where PM Modi’s ID speech was played live.