Overview

• At the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' event, the Prime Minister inaugurated and laid foundation stones for developments exceeding Rs 34,200 crore.
• Maritime initiatives worth over Rs 7,870 crore featured the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal, new container terminals at Kolkata and Paradip, and coastal protection works at Chennai and Car Nicobar.
• In Gujarat, projects worth Rs 26,354 crore covered renewable energy, healthcare and highways, including the HPLNG Regasification Terminal at Chhara Port, solarisation efforts in Dhordo, and hospital expansions in Bhavnagar and Jamnagar.
• During the public meeting, he asked organisers to collect a child's sketch of him and said he would write back if the address was on it, a moment that left the child in tears and drew wide attention online.
• Viral clips from the visit also showed him returning a young boy's salute during the roadshow and accepting a handmade collage from schoolgirl Jasmika Bansal.