PM Modi to inaugurate Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit in Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar Gujarat at 10:30 AM today.

The Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Director-General of World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus will also be present on the occasion.

The Prime Minister will also attend the Adijati Maha Sammelan in Dahod at around 3.30 PM today, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth around 22 thousand crore rupees.

According to official sources, the three-day Global AYUSH Investment & Innovation Summit will witness 5 plenary sessions, 8 roundtables, 6 workshops, and 2 symposiums. About 90 eminent speakers and 100 exhibitors will also participate in the summit.

The Summit will help uncover investment potential and give a fillip to innovation, research & development, start-up ecosystem and the wellness industry. It will help bring together industry leaders, academicians and scholars together and act as a platform for future collaborations.

Prime Minister Modi will also attend the Adijati Maha Sammelan in Dahod at around 3:30 PM. He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth 22 thousand crore rupees. The Sammelan is expected to witness the participation of over 2 lakh people.

The Prime Minister will also inaugurate projects worth over 1400 crore. He will inaugurate Dahod District Southern Area Regional Water Supply Scheme on Narmada River Basin.

The scheme was completed at 840 crore rupees. It will cater to the water supply needs of around 280 villages in Dahod District and Devgadh Baria city. Mr. Modi will also inaugurate five projects of Dahod Smart City worth 335 crore rupees.

These projects include Integrated Command & Control Centre-ICCC Building, Storm water drainage system, Sewerage works, Solid Waste Management System and Rainwater Harvesting System. Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, benefits worth 120 crore rupees will be provided to 10,000 tribals of Panchmahal and Dahod districts.

The Prime Minister will also inaugurate 66 KV Ghodia substation, Panchayat Houses and Anganwadis, among others. He will also lay the foundation stone for the manufacturing of 9000 HP Electric Locomotives at the Production Unit in Dahod.

The cost of the project is around 20,000 crore rupees. Dahod workshop, established in 1926 for periodic overhaul of steam locomotives, will be upgraded to electric locomotive manufacturing unit with infrastructural improvements. It will provide direct and indirect employment to over 10,000 people.

The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of various projects of the State government worth around 550 crore rupees. This includes water supply related projects worth about Rs. 300 crore, Dahod Smart City projects worth around 175 crores rupees, works related to Dudhimati river project and GETCO Substation at Ghodia.

The Prime Minister has been on a 3 day visit to his home state Gujarat since Monday evening.