PM visits CDRI complex

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the premier CSIR-Central Drugs Research Institute (CDRI) here and evinced keen interest in the research work conducted by the state-run institute.
Soon after arriving here on a two-day visit, the prime minister flew in a chopper from the Amausi airport to the CDRI complex.
During his 40-minute stay at the institute, he took a round of the two laboratories and expressed keen interest in the research work being done in the institute.
As he tried to understand the research work, the prime minister even used a microscope to follow the experiments.
He also had a brief interaction with some senior scientists.

CDRI officials briefed him about certain new drugs being developed by the institute for treatment of diseases like osteoporosis and malaria.

Incidentally, Modi is the president of CSIR and this was his first visit to one of its labs in the country.
The institute organised an exhibition for the prime minister to highlight its contributions in drug discovery and development.
Modi evinced keen interest in some of the exhibits.
Earlier, he planted a sapling of a medicinal plant in the CDRI premises, flanked by Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.