Modi marks 75th birthday with health drives and infra launches

Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his 75th birthday on Wednesday with a flurry of government launches and party-organised service activities across India, including a scheduled visit to Dhar in Madhya Pradesh and the unveiling of major projects in the national capital. Officials and party leaders said the events, part of a fortnight-long Sewa Pakhwada from September 17 to October 2, will combine large-scale health outreach with infrastructure inaugurations and local welfare initiatives.

Modi was due in Dhar around midday to launch the Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar and the 8th Rashtriya Poshan Maah campaigns, described by officials as the largest-ever health outreach for women and children. The government said more than 100,000 health camps will be held at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, community health centres and district hospitals nationwide during the campaign, with daily camps offering preventive, promotive and curative services. Authorities also plan nationwide blood donation drives, registration of donors on the eRaktkosh portal and beneficiary enrolments under PMJAY and other welfare schemes.

At the Dhar event Modi was scheduled to inaugurate PM MITRA Park, a 2,150-acre...