PM to inaugurate medical college in Silvassa, hold roadshow in Daman

Government officials have announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating a medical college in Silvassa town and launching multiple projects worth over Rs 4,800 crore in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu during his visit on Tuesday. In addition, the PM is set to hold a 16-kilometer-long roadshow in Daman town later in the evening. The officials have provided a schedule indicating that Modi will first arrive in Silvassa, the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli district, to inaugurate the centrally-funded ‘NAMO Medical Education & Research Institute’ and other allied buildings on the campus, which were constructed at a cost of Rs 203 crore. This medical college is the only one in the Union Territory and has become a beacon of hope for the region’s people, 40% of whom are tribals. The institute has state-of-the-art amenities such as a multi-storey library, academic block, lecture halls, an auditorium, club house, residential accommodation, and hostels for students, as well as provision for outdoor and indoor games. After a tour of the medical college and other facilities, Modi will address a gathering at Sayli village near Silvassa.

From the same venue, the PM will inaugurate or lay foundation stones for various projects in the entire Union Territory, which is adjacent to Gujarat. In total, the PM will launch projects worth Rs 4,804.64 crore during his day-long visit. In the evening, Modi will travel to Daman town, where he will hold a 16-km-long roadshow passing through the newly-developed seafront road. The development of a state-of-the-art infrastructure project called ‘Devka Promenade and Seafront’ began in May 2018 and was completed in March 2023 at a cost of Rs 165.10 crore, with the aim of turning Daman into a major tourist hotspot.