PM Modi Inaugurates NAMO Hospital Phase 1, Launches Rs 2,580 Crore Projects In Silvassa

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Silvassa, the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, on Friday (7 March), where he inaugurated the first phase of NAMO Hospital.

NAMO Hospital (Phase I) in Silvassa, a 450 bedded hospital built at the cost of over Rs 460 crore, will significantly strengthen healthcare services in the Union Territory, according to a PMO statement.

It will provide state-of-the-art medical care to the people in the region, especially the tribal communities.

Prime Minister Modi also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects for the UT worth over Rs 2,580 crore at Silvassa.

These include various village roads and other road infrastructure, schools, health and wellness centres, Panchayat and administrative buildings, Anganwadi centres, water supply and sewage infrastructure among others.

These projects aim to improve connectivity, promote industrial growth, encourage tourism, create employment opportunities and aim at enhancing public welfare initiatives in the region.

As part of the Rozgar Mela, PM Modi distributed appointment letters to new recruits. Additionally, he distributed benefits to the beneficiaries under PM Awas Yojana - Urban, Gir Adarsh Aajeevika Yojana and Sylvan Didi scheme.

The Gir Adarsh Aajeevika Yojana aims to boost economic empowerment of women belonging to scheduled castes (SCs), scheduled tribes (STs), other backward classes (OBCs), minorities and divyangjan in the region through setting up small dairy farms and bringing social and economic changes in their lives.

The Sylvan Didi scheme is an initiative to uplift women street vendors by providing them with aesthetically designed carts, with co funding from PM SVANIDHI scheme.

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