Vajpayee's dream fulfilled: PM Modi on Dhola-Sadia Bridge

NEW DELHI: After inaugurating country's longest bridge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today outlined NDA government's achievements while addressing a rally in Dhola, Assam.

"Atal Bihari Vajpayee government's dream has been fulfilled. The bridge you all had been waiting for past 5 decades has finally been inaugurated," he said on the third anniversary of his government.

"In 2003, one of our MLAs Jagdish Bhuyan wrote to Vajpayee requesting for such a bridge. He approved. Then soon government changed and the work on the bridge kept on getting delayed," he added.

Key highlights of his speech:

1. The DholaSadiya bridge will be a link in the development of two states- Arunachal Pradesh and Assam

2. Our govt is committed to serve the Northeast region and enhance its progress

3. Bridge will bring an economic revolution and open new avenues for farmers

4. Within the first year of BJP rule in Assam, the state is getting rid of many of its problems

5. This bridge will not just save time and money but it will being about a economic revolution in the country

6. We are constantly working to connect Northeast to the rest of India

7. The bridge in Assam will now be named 'Bhupen Hazarika Setu'