Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 11 (HBTV): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on March 13 and 14 to inaugurate several development projects and distribute land rights certificates to members of the tea garden community, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Sarma said the Prime Minister will dedicate projects worth INR 10,000 crore to the nation during his visit and will address public meetings in Kokrajhar, Guwahati, and Silchar.
‘First, he (PM Modi) will arrive in Kokrajhar, and he will dedicate various projects to the nation from Kokrajhar. There are a few specific projects of Kokrajhar which will also be either inaugurated or the foundation stone will be laid by the Prime Minister. On March 13, he will come to Guwahati, and he will release one instalment of Kishan Sanman Nidhi from Guwahati itself,’ Sarma said.
The Chief Minister said the key highlight of the visit will be the distribution of land pattas to members of the tea garden community.
‘The highlight of the visit will be the distribution of land pattas to the tea garden community. The tea garden community has been living in Assam for the last 200 years, but they have not got land rights till today. So the first land patta or land rights certificate will be given by the Prime Minister to a deserving tea garden worker. Followed by that, the tea garden land ownership distribution programme will be kicked off in the entire Assam,’ he added.
Sarma further said the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the Silchar–Shillong–Guwahati Express Highway on March 14.
‘He will also dedicate the Kopili Hydro Power Project — a state government project of 150 MW, which we have completed — to the nation. There are projects worth INR 10,000 crore which he will dedicate from Guwahati. On March 14 at 11 am, he will be in Silchar, and he will lay the foundation stone of Silchar–Shillong–Guwahati Express Highway, which will be constructed at a cost of INR 22,000 crore. There are some more projects which he will dedicate to the nation, and he will leave for Kolkata. There will be three meetings in three different parts of Assam,’ Sarma said.
The Chief Minister also announced that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Assam on March 15.
‘On March 15, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Assam. At around 10 am, he will inaugurate Pragjyotishpur Medical College, and from 11 am he will attend BJP’s Yuva Sankalp Samavesh in Guwahati,’ Sarma said.
According to the Assam BJP, around one lakh karyakartas are expected to participate in the Yuva Sankalp Samavesh to be held at Veterinary College Field in Khanapara, Guwahati.
The visit comes as the BJP, under the leadership of Himanta Biswa Sarma, prepares for the 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly elections.
(ANI)