PM Modi on two-day Assam visit, unveil projects worth Rs 11,600 crore

PM Modi. File Pic/PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Assam from Saturday, where he will roll out developmental projects worth nearly Rs 11,600 crore for the state. PM Modi will also meet the Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP) state core committee.

Some of the major projects for which foundation stones will be laid in Assam are the Kamakhya temple corridor (Rs 498 crore), the six-lane road from the new airport terminal (Rs 358 crore) in Guwahati, the upgradation of Nehru Stadium to FIFA standards (Rs 831 crore) and a new sports complex in Chandrapur (Rs 300 crore), news wire PTI reported.

PM Modi will meet the BJP's state core committee during and discuss party affairs. Modi is expected address a public meeting on Sunday at 11.30 am from Veterinary College Playground in Khanapara, from where many state and central projects will be unveiled.

The second edition of Asom Mala roads will also be kick-started by the PM. This phase will comprise 43 new roads and 38 concrete bridges, entailing a total investment of Rs 3,444 crore. Besides, Modi will lay the foundation stone for projects like - an integrated new building of the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, to be constructed for Rs 3,250 crore, proposed Karimganj Medical College and Hospital, which will be constructed for Rs 578 crore and the Rs 297-crore Unity Mall in Guwahati, PTI reported.

PM Modi will inaugurate the newly constructed four-lane road from Biswanath Chariali to Gohpur, developed at a cost of Rs 1,451 crore, and another four-lane road from Dolabari to Jamuguri, constructed at a cost of Rs 592 crore.

PM Modi's Assam visit comes amid the politically heated atmosphere after Congress' Rahul Gandhi led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra exited Assam. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has been alleging that Congress is using a "body double" of Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Assam.

Sharma on Friday posted on X that, "We came to know that Rahul Gandhi's "Body Double" did not go to West Bengal for his Bharat Jodo Nyay yatra and exited Assam through an aeroplane. We will reveal more on this subject after the visit of Prime Minister to Assam".

(With PTI inputs)