PM Lays Foundation Stones For Health, Infra Projects Worth Rs 6,300 cr In Assam's Darrang
PM will also lay the foundation stone for the 2.9 km-long Narengi-Kuruwa bridge and the 118.5 km-long Guwahati Ring Road project.
Published : September 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM IST
|Updated : September 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM IST
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stones for health and infrastructure projects worth Rs 6,300 crore at Mangaldoi in Assam's Darrang district. He launched the construction of Darrang Medical College and Hospital, along with a nursing college and a GNM school.
The combined investment in these healthcare projects is worth Rs 570 crore, officials said. The PM also laid the foundation stones for the 2.9 km-long Narengi-Kuruwa bridge with an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore and the 118.5 km-long Guwahati Ring Road project, connecting Kamrup and Darrang districts in Assam and Ri Bhoi in Meghalaya.
The cost for the Ring Road project was estimated at Rs 4,530 crore. The prime minister arrived in Guwahati on Saturday on a two-day visit to Assam and attended the birth centenary celebrations of Bharat Ratna awardee Bhupen Hazarika.
Later in the day, Modi will leave for Numaligarh in Golaghat district, where he will inaugurate the newly constructed over Rs 5,000-crore bamboo-based ethanol plant with a capacity of 50 KTPA fuel-grade ethanol, the officials said.
He will also lay the foundation stone for the Rs 7,230 crore Petro Fluidised Catalytic Cracker Unit, which will produce 360 KTPA propylene, expected to give a big boost to the entire plastic value chain, they said.
The programme at Numaligarh is scheduled to begin at 2.15 pm. Modi will also address public rallies at Mangaldai and Numaligarh. The PM will leave for Kolkata from the Jorhat airport on Sunday evening.
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