Guwahati, March 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled development projects worth Rs 17,500 crore in Assam.
At a public meeting in Jorhat, PM Modi highlighted the initiatives bolstering the housing, oil and gas, health and railway sectors.
Under the Prime Minister's Development Initiative for North Eastern Region (PM-DevINE) programme, he laid the foundation stones for several government projects, including Hemato-Lymphoid Center in Guwahati and a Medical College and Hospital in Sivasagar.
He also laid foundation stones for capacity expansion works for the refineries in Digboi and Guwahati.
At a cost of approximately Rs 3,992 crore, PM Modi inaugurated the 718-km Barauni-Guwahati Pipeline as well as a new medical college and hospital in Tinsukia.
The Prime Minister also inaugurated about 5.5 lakh homes under PM Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), constructed at a cost of about Rs 8,450 crore.
He unveiled railway projects worth more than Rs 1300 crore in the state including Dhupdhara-Chhaygaon section (part of New Bongaigaon - Guwahati Via Goalpara Doubling Project) and New Bongaigaon - Sorbhog Section (part of New Bongaigaon - Agthori Doubling Project).
Source: IANS
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