Assam CM lays foundation stones of projects worth Rs 465 crores in Chirang
Oct 11, 2023
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 11 : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday laid foundation stones of numerous developmental projects worth Rs 465 crore for the Chirang district.
CM Sarma also inaugurated a 419.05-metre long railway overbridge at Basugaon town that has been built at a cost of Rs 63 crore; a 152-metre long RCC bridge over river Kuklung on the road from Bijni- Kuklung road to Kumarsali SSB Camp built at a cost of Rs 10.98 crore.
The Chief Minister also laid the foundation stones for the construction of a state-of-the-art district sports stadium complex at Kajalgaon being developed over 37 bighas of land with a 26,348 square metre built-up area with a project cost of Rs 39 crore.
CM Sarma laid the foundation stones for the improvement and upgradation of the 40.77-kilometre-long Chapagudi-Amteka-Bhutan Border Road at an approximate cost of Rs 204 crore under the Asom Mala scheme.
The Chief Minister inaugurated the upgraded Bijni-Panbari Road via Gerukabari which incurred a cost of Rs 10.75 crore and a 50-metre long RCC bridge over river Sika under Mahabir Lachit Chilarai Setu Nirman Abhijan built at a cost of Rs 4.4 crore.
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, CM Sarma laid the foundation stones for two "large multi-village schemes", namely Champamati Multi-Village Rural Water Supply and Surang Multi-Village Rural Water Supply Scheme with an aggregate project costs of around Rs 132 crore.
Addressing a public meeting at Kajalgaon, Chief Minister Sarma exuded confidence that the above projects would go a long in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the residents of the Chirang district in days to come.
"The magnitude of developmental activities going on in Chirang for the past couple of years is a reiteration of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led State government's commitment towards the people of the district", CM Sarma said.
"The road infrastructure projects which were launched today have the potential to boost economic activities in the district and in the process, would lead to economic uplift of a large percentage of Chirang's residents in days to come," CM Sarma said.
He further said that the upcoming district sports stadium complex, on completion of construction, would be a momentous addition to the list of public infrastructures in the district.
The Chief Minister said Assam's Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) was once considered a restive area but today it is known all over for the unprecedented levels of growth and development the region is witnessing.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed hopes the current momentum of development would continue without kind of hindrances.
He also spoke about government initiatives such as Orunodoi, the ongoing process to provide ration cards to another 40 lakh families, among others.
Assam Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Ashok Singhal, Minister of Handloom and Textiles UG Brahma, Chief Executive of BTR Promod Boro, Members of Legislative Assembly Ajoy Kumar Roy and Jayanta Basumatary, along with a host of other dignitaries were seen accompanying the Chief Minister today.
