PM Modi arrives at Guwahati, to dedicate northeast's first AIIMS to the nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Guwahati on Friday on a day-long trip where he will dedicate Rs 14,300 crore worth of development projects on the first day of the state's spring festival 'Rongali Bihu'. He was received at the airport by Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, before departing for the first programme of the day at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati at Changsari in Kamrup (Rural) district.

He will dedicate the Rs 1,123 crore medical facility, the first AIIMS in the North East, to the nation and will also virtually inaugurate three medical colleges at Nalbari, Nagaon and Kokrajhar.