PM Modi likely to inaugurate IIM Guwahati, flag off e-buses during Assam visit

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Assam on February 14 where he will roll out/inaugurate slew of infrastructure projects.

He added in X that the Prime Minister is expected to inaugurate bridge connecting Guwahati with North Guwahati besides he will inaugurate the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Guwahati campus, and flag off 100 electric buses for public transport in the state.

Sarma said, “We have also requested him to land through a special aircraft using the advanced landing facility on the national highway at Moran."


He said that Prime minister may lay foundation stone of the Kokrajhar–Gelephu railway line, a strategic project aimed at improving connectivity between Assam and Bhutan.

The chief minister said Prime minister may lay the foundation stone for a railway coach manufacturing factory in Kokrajhar and the proposed Rs 22,000-crore express highway connecting Guwahati and Silchar.