Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various development projects worth ₹373 crore of the Andaman and Nicobar UT Government in Sri Vijaya Puram

• On 18 May 2026 (PIB date PRID 2211146), Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated/laid foundation stones for A&N UT development projects worth ₹373 crore at Sri Vijaya Puram (renamed Port Blair).
• The event bundles together themes UPSC tests repeatedly: decolonisation of place-names, island governance, Great Nicobar mega-project, Cellular Jail legacy, and Indo-Pacific strategy.
• Includes a ₹229 cr Integrated Command & Control Centre, Phase-I District Hospital (₹33 cr), and a Forensic Science Laboratory.