PM Modi to attend Goa Liberation Day celebrations today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa today. Mr Modi will attend Goa Liberation Day celebrations at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium around 3 PM. Prime Minister will felicitate the freedom fighters and veterans of 'Operation Vijay' at the function.

Goa Liberation Day is celebrated on December 19 every year to mark the success of 'Operation Vijay' undertaken by the Indian Armed Forces that liberated Goa from Portuguese rule in 1961.

Mr Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over 650 crore rupees in Goa. Prime Minister will inaugurate multiple development projects including the renovated Fort Aguada Jail Museum, Super Speciality Block at Goa Medical College, New South Goa District Hospital, Aviation Skill Development Center at Mopa Airport and the Gas-insulated Substation at Dabolim-Navelim, Margao.

He will also lay the foundation Stone for India International University of Legal Education and Research of Bar Council of India Trust at Goa.

The Super Speciality Block at Goa Medical College & Hospital has been constructed at a cost of over 380 crore rupees under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana scheme. It is the only state-of-the-art super speciality hospital in the entire state of Goa, providing high-end super specialty services. It will provide specialized services like angioplasty, bypass surgery, liver transplant, kidney transplant, dialysis etc.

The New South Goa District Hospital has been built at a cost of 220 crore rupees. It is equipped with modern medical infrastructure including OPD services in 33 specialities, latest diagnostic and laboratory facilities and services like Physiotherapy, Audiometry etc.

The re-development of Aguada Fort Jail Museum as a Heritage Tourism destination under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme, has been done at a cost of over 28 crore rupees.

The Aviation Skill Development Center at the upcoming Mopa Airport, built at a cost of around 8.5 crore rupees, is aimed at providing training in 16 different job profiles. The trainees will be able to get job opportunities in the Mopa Airport project as it becomes operational, as well as at other Airports in India and abroad.

Gas Insulated Substation at Davorlim-Navelim, Margao has been constructed at a cost of around 16 crores under Integrated Power Development Scheme of the Ministry of Power, Government of India. It will provide stable power supply to the villages of Davorlim, Nessai, Navelim, Aquem-Baixo and Telaulim.

India International University of Legal Education and Research of Bar Council of India Trust, will be established in line with the focus of the government to transform Goa as a hub of higher and technical education. AIR correspondent reports, Goans are quite delighted and excited to celebrate 60th-anniversary celebration of liberation today.

Goa was liberated on 19th December 1961 from the 450 years rule of Portuguese. Goans are quite eager to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will inaugurate some projects virtually.

The main event of Prime Minister's address will take place at Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Stadium. In the last few years Goa has attained a rapid pace of progress and development.

The constant effort of Prime Minister to improve medical infrastructure has led to specialised medical services and more such projects will be launched today.