PM Narendra Modi inaugurates NAMO Medical Education & Research Institute at Silvassa

During his visit to Silvassa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated various development projects worth over INR 4850 crores to the nation including NAMO Medical Education & Research Institute at Silvassa. He said now every year, approximately 150 youth from the region will get a chance to study medicine.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation various development projects worth more than INR 4850 crores at Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli yesterday. The projects include the dedication of NAMO Medical Education & Research Institute in Silvassa, and the dedication and laying the foundation stone of 96 projects such as government schools, Government Engineering College in Daman, beautification, strengthening and widening of various roads, fish market and shopping complex and augmentation of water supply scheme in the region among others. The Prime Minister also handed over the house keys to beneficiaries of PMAY Urban from Diu and Silvassa.

The Prime Minister drew attention to the fact that even after decades of independence, the regions of Daman, Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli did not have a single medical college and the youth had to travel to other regions of the country to become doctors. He pointed out that the number of youth from the Adivasi community who got such opportunities was next to zero, while those who ruled the nation for decades paid no heed to the wants and aspirations of the people from this region. He also highlighted that Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli got its first National Academic Medical Organisation or NAMO Medical College only due to the service-oriented approach and dedication of the present government which came into power after 2014. “Now every year, approximately 150 youth from the region will get a chance to study medicine”, the Prime Minister said as he informed that roughly 1000 doctors will be produced from the region in the near future. The Prime Minister also mentioned a news report of a girl who is studying medicine in her first year who had said that she is the first to do so not only in her family but in the entire village. 

He expressed his happiness about witnessing the development journey of Daman, Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. He noted the growing cosmopolitanism of Silvassa as it is home to people from every corner of the country. 

Noting the people’s love for tradition and modernity, he said the government is working with full dedication for the development of the Union Territory. In the last few years, a lot of work has been done on the physical and social infrastructure in the UT with an allocation of INR 5500 crores, he said.

PM Modi talked about LED-lit streets, door-to-door waste collection and 100 percent waste processing. He also praised the new Industrial Policy of the state as a means to increase industry and employment in the UT. “Today I got the opportunity to start fresh projects of 5000 crore”, he said. These projects are related to health, housing, tourism, education and urban development. “They will improve ease of living, tourism, transportation and business, " he added.

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