Modi to launch Rs 15,000 crore projects in Assam, attend Bhupen birth centenary celebrations

Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive here on a two-day tour to the state on Saturday evening, will pay a special tribute to music maestro and Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika on Saturday.

The event will include an 18-minute musical tribute by 1,200 artistes, who will render 14 evergreen songs of Hazarika in a medley.The PM will release a commemorative coin of Rs 100 to honour the legendary singer and a biography of the maestro titled ‘Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika.’Modi will arrive here on Saturday at 4.20pm and attend the meeting of Hazarika’s birth centenary celebrations at 5.15 pm, a source said. After paying tribute, Modi will stay the night at a state guest house here.On Sunday, the PM will unveil projects worth over Rs 15,000 crore in the state. He will lay the foundation stone for Darrang Medical College along with a nursing and a GNM school at a combined investment for these healthcare projects worth over Rs 500 crore. He will also lay the foundation stone for the Narengi-Kuruwa bridge and the Guwahati Ring Road project, which will connect Kamrup and Darrang districts in Assam and Ri Bhoi in Meghalaya, at an estimated cost of Rs 5,700 crore.

Modi will later leave for Numaligarh refinery in Golaghat district, where he will inaugurate the newly constructed over Rs 5,000 crore bamboo-based ethanol plant and will also lay the foundation stone for the more than Rs 7,000 crore Petro Fluidised Catalytic Cracker Unit, the source added. Modi will also address a public rally at the Numaligarh Tanker Stand and will leave for Kolkata from Jorhat airport on Sunday evening.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday night chaired a meeting with cabinet ministers, MLAs, and senior officials to review preparations for the centenary celebrations of Hazarika and the upcoming visit of the prime minister. “The CM issued clear directives to ensure smooth execution of the event and robust security arrangements,” the Chief Minister’s Office posted on its official X handle.