GUWAHATI: Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi will visit Assam on Thursday, April 28, and lay the foundation stone for several projects in the Karbi Anglong and Dibrugarh districts of the State.
As per the Prime Minsiter's Office, PM Modi will address the rally at Diphu in the Karbi Anglong district at around 11:00 AM on Thursday.
The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for Veterinary College (Diphu), Degree College (West Karbi Anglong) and Agricultural College (Kolonga, West Karbi Anglong).
The projects are worth more than Rs 500 crore and will bring new opportunities for employment in the region.
As per a release, the PM will lay the foundation stone for more than 2,950 Amrit Sarovar projects during the programme. The State will develop these projects at a cumulative cost of around Rs 1,150 crore.
The PM will further lay the foundation stone of various projects in the education sector. Thereafter, he will reach the Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh and dedicate Dibrugarh Cancer Hospital to the nation.
Later in the afternoon, PM Modi will attend a public function at Khanikar ground in Dibrugarh, where he will dedicate six more cancer hospitals and lay the foundation stone for seven new cancer hospitals.
The Assam Cancer Care Foundation in Dibrugarh, a joint venture of the Government of Assam and Tata Trusts, is executing a project to build South Asia's largest affordable cancer care network with 17 cancer care hospitals spread across the State.
The PM will dedicate seven cancer hospitals to the nation, which will be completed under phase 1 of the project. These cancer Hospitals are built at Dibrugarh, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Darrang, Tezpur, Lakhimpur, and Jorhat.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of seven new cancer hospitals at Dhubri, Nalbari, Goalpara, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Tinsukia and Golaghat, which are to be constructed under the phase 2 of the project.
