PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled projects worth Rs 24,250 crore in Assam ahead of the Assembly elections. Modi dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation for projects worth around Rs 19,680 crore in Guwahati, with focus on infrastructure and energy sectors. Modi also virtually unveiled projects worth over Rs 4,570 crore in Assam’s Kokrajhar district. He also launched the distribution of land pattas to tea workers of Assam in garden housing lines, and released the 22nd instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme for over 9.3 crore farmers across the country. To provide homestead land rights to the tea garden community, the PM launched the first phase of distribution of land pattas to workers of 106 tea gardens across 20 districts, officials said. Secure land ownership is expected to improve housing security, enable better access to institutional credit and welfare schemes, and promote long-term social and economic mobility, they added.

 

In the same programme, Modi released the 22nd instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme to over 9.3 crore farmers across the country, under which eligible farmers receive Rs 2,000 directly into their bank accounts. The PM dedicated to the nation the Kopili Hydro-Electric Project located in Dima Hasao and West Karbi Anglong districts of the state. Constructed at a cost of over Rs 2,300 crore, the project will enhance clean energy generation, improve grid stability in the region and ensure reliable power supply to households, farmers and industries.

 

The Capacity Enhancement Project of the Numaligarh-Siliguri Product Pipeline (NSPL) of Oil India Limited was also dedicated to the nation by the PM. The project will facilitate the expansion of the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) from 3 million metric tonnes per annum to 9 MMTPA by enabling the evacuation of additional petroleum products. He also unveiled projects worth over Rs 4,570 crore through video conference from Guwahati after his Kokrajhar visit was cancelled due to heavy rain. The PM flagged off three new trains, the Kamakhya-Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express, the Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri Express, and the Narangi-Agartala Express. He also laid the foundation stone of a Periodic Overhauling (POH) Workshop at Bashbari in the district to strengthen railway maintenance and enhance operational efficiency. BJP ensured lasting peace in NE, Cong signed various accords for ‘selfish interests’:

 

PM: ASSERTING that sounds of bombs and gunfire are a thing of the past in the Northeast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the BJP ensured long-lasting peace in the region, while the Congress signed various accords for “selfish interests”. Addressing a public meeting in Assam’s Kokrajhar district virtually from Guwahati after rain disrupted his travel schedule, Modi said the State was writing a new chapter of peace and development under the “double-engine” Government. Modi alleged Congress endangered national security by handing over the land of indigenous people to infiltrators. “Punish Congress in the upcoming elections and give a clear message that there is no place for infiltrators in this country,” he added.