Guwahati, Feb 15 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced major aviation infrastructure initiatives in the state and strongly defended the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) at Moran, asserting that it is a critical national security asset and should not be trivialised.Addressing reporters, Sarma said the state government has planned to develop four new airports in Assam to strengthen regional connectivity.The proposed airports will come up in Majuli, Diphu, Umrangso and…
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Guwahati, Feb 14 (IANS) Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) president Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Saturday welcomed the inauguration of the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) at Moran by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying national security must remain above political considerations.Reacting to the inauguration of the strategically important facility, Gogoi said any initiative taken in the interest of the country’s security and sovereignty deserves support.“For me, the nation comes first and security comes f…
Guwahati, Feb 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated a fleet of 50 modern electric buses for Bhavnagar on Saturday as part of the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme, marking a further expansion of sustainable urban transport in India.The buses were flagged off under the national scheme to promote clean and sustainable public transport, during the Prime Minister’s visit to Assam where he inaugurated projects worth over Rs 5,450 crore.Bhavnagar is the first city in Gujarat to receive buses…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Residents in Assam’s Moran expressed pride and amazement on Saturday after the inauguration of the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran Bypass, calling the development a historic and unimaginable achievement for the region.Sharing their reactions after the inauguration, locals said the project had exceeded all expectations. One resident said, “We had never even imagined in our dreams that today the Prime Minister of the country would accomplish such a great ta…
Guwahati, Feb 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu — a bridge over the Brahmaputra River that connects Guwahati and north Guwahati.The 2.86-kilometre-long bridge was built at a cost of around Rs 3,030 crore. The 6-lane extradosed Prestressed Concrete (PSC) bridge connects Guwahati with North Guwahati and is the first extradosed bridge in Northeast India.It will cut travel time between Guwahati-North Guwahati to 7 minutes. Considering the high …
Guwahati, Feb 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, inaugurated the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the national highway in Moran in Assam’s Dibrugarh district — a first kind of such facility in the entire northeastern region, government officials said. Prime Minister Modi also witnessed an air show by the Indian Air Force (IAF) soon after the ELF was inaugurated.The air show included Rafale, Sukhoi and MIG fighter aircrafts.The fighter aircrafts successfully took off and lan…
Guwahati, Feb 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday began his one-day tour of Assam by landing in the Chabua airfield in Dibrugarh district.PM Modi has a series of engagements in the state with multiple programs being scheduled in Guwahati as well, apart from the inauguration of the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the highway in Moran in Dibrugarh district.Later in the day, at around 1 p.m., Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the much-awaited bridge over the Brahmaputra River c…
Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Assam on February 14 for a packed schedule that includes the inauguration and launch of key infrastructure, education, and mobility projects across the state. In a post on X, the Prime Minister said he would land at 10.30 a.m. at the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh, describing it as the first such facility in the Northeast. He said the ELF would be vital for emergency response, enabling the…
Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) at Moran in Dibrugarh district has emerged as a symbol of confidence and transformation in Upper Assam, and will be inaugurated during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on February 14. Addressing the media on Thursday, CM Sarma said the ELF reflects how infrastructure development in the region has progressed rapidly in recent years. “There was a time when people her…
Guwahati, Feb 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the successful landing and take-off exercise by Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft at the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran highway reflects the strategic vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in strengthening the country’s defence preparedness.In a post on X, Chief Minister Sarma said defence readiness has been enhanced across the country with the development of critical infrastructure capable of re…