The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today said that his government has always been alive to the special needs of Assam and the North East region.
“The development of North East has always been the priority of the government and we have initiated several projects for this regard”, the Prime Minister said here at the foundation laying ceremony of the National Institute of Design.
Highlighting the various initiatives taken by his government, the Prime Minister pointed out that the measures taken for the protection of flood and erosion prone Majuli Island and Rohmoria area were at an advanced stage of completion.
The Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (BTPS) was likely to be commissioned shortly and the Assam Gas Cracker Project was another significant project which the government wanted to complete at the earliest, he said.
“We have also introduced several projects for improving connectivity, including the guage conversion, construction of Dholla-Sadiya and Numali-Gohpur bridges, four-laning of NH-37 on the Nagaon-Jorhat-Dibrugarh stretch”, he added.
The Prime Minister expressed happiness at the commissioning of Ledo Open Cast Mining while the project for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Natun Kamlabari Sattra in Majuli has been also taken up.