Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a two-day tour of Assam where he will dedicate and lay the foundation stone for development schemes worth approximately ₹15,600 crore. This is expected to give a push to the development of the infrastructure, industries, and development of the state.
Inaugurating on the first day of his visit, the Prime Minister dedicated the state-of-the-art Bamboo Orchids Terminal Building of the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati. This new terminal, covering an area of about 1.4 lakhs of square meters, boasts the potential for handling an average of 1.3 crores of passengers in a year. It is designed keeping in mind the rich biodiversity and heritage of Assam, along with cutting-edge facilities for improved aerotrails for the Northeast. The Prime Minister also dedicated an 80ft statue of the state’s first Chief Minister, Gopinath Bordoloi, positioned outside this new terminal.
The Prime Minister addressed a public meeting outside the terminal and joined a road show in Guwahati. Later during the evening, he interacted with party workers and officials at the State Guest House.
On Day two, he is set to engage with students of various schools in a cruise event organized on the Brahmaputra River as part of Pariksha Pe Charcha. Later in the day, he will pay homage to the martyrs of the historical Assam Movement at Swahid Smarak Kshetra in Guwahati. Some of his other engagements include visits to Namrup in Dibrugarh district, wherein he will lay the bhumi poojan for a large Ammonia-Urea Fertilizer Project, which is set to cost over ₹10,600 crore and is anticipated to help in increasing domestic production of fertilizers and creating jobs in Assam and its surrounding states due to decreased dependence on imports.
The ₹15,600 crore package is especially relevant to Assam at a stage where its infrastructure and industrial dynamics are changing at a rapid scale. Such investments in aviation, fertilizer, and civic development indicate an overarching vision of the government to tap Assam as a gateway to the larger development of the northeast region of India. “This visit will reaffirm the Ministry of DoNER’s emphasis on developing infrastructure, logistics, and assuring that the growth in the state of Assam becomes a part of the larger plan for balanced development in the eastern and north-eastern parts of India.
