Assam declares holiday in Dibrugarh and Karbi Anglong districts on April 28 ahead of PM Modi's visit

The Assam government has declared a local holiday on April 28 in Dibrugarh and Karbi Anglong districts of Assam ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit.

In a notification issued by the General Administration Department it has been mentioned that all state government offices, educational institutions etc., within the aforementioned districts will remain closed on April 28. During his visit, PM Modi will inaugurate seven new cancer hospitals and will also lay the foundation stone for seven new cancer hospitals in the State.

Modi is visiting Assam after almost one year since the BJP led government took over the reins of power for the second consecutive term in Assam.


Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We are all set to welcome Hon PM Shri @narendramodiji to Karbi Anglong, Assam. Loringthepi, the venue of the Peace, Unity & Development Rally, has been decked up. Reviewed preparations with Mins Shri @Pijush_hazarika& Shri @JogenMohanAssam, KAAC CEM Shri@TuliramRonghang
& others”.

Modi is scheduled to reach Dimapur (Nagaland) airport and from there he will go to Diphu in Assam's Karbi Anglong district by helicopter to address a rally -- ‘unity, peace and development rally' at Loringthepi and lay the foundation of some development projects worth over Rs 500 crore.

Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan Tata, central ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Rameshwar Teli, state Governor Jagadish Mukhi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma among others would also be present in the Dibrugarh event.

The seven cancer hospitals would be inaugurated by the Prime Minister are at Dibrugarh, Barpeta, Tezpur, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Kokrajhar and Darrang while foundation would be laid are at Dhubri, Goalpara, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Nalbari, Nagaon and Tinsukia.