PM Modi unveils development projects in Assam, accuses Congress of ignoring Northeast
The Hindu
PM Modi unveils ₹17,500 crore development projects in Assam, including healthcare, oil, gas, railway, housing sectors, and a statue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth ₹17,500 crore in Assam on March 9.
The PM unveiled the projects strengthening the health, oil and gas, railway and housing sectors at a function in Jorhat.
He laid the foundation stone of projects under the Prime Minister's Development Initiative for North Eastern Region (PM-DevINE) scheme. Among these projects are a Medical College and Hospital at Sivasagar and a Hemato-Lymphoid Centre in Guwahati.
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He also laid the foundation stone for the capacity expansions of the Digboi Refinery from 0.65 to 1 mmtpa and Guwahati Refinery from 1.0 to 1.2 mmtpa, among others.
Mr. Modi inaugurated a new medical college and hospital at Tinsukia and the 718-km-long Barauni- Guwahati Pipeline, built at a cost of about ₹3,992 crore.
He also inaugurated about 5.5 lakh homes under PM Awas Yojana-Gramin, constructed at a cost of about ₹8,450 crore.
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