Assam: Committed to strengthen infrastructure in Guwahati, says CM

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal while laying the foundation of a four-lane flyover in the Maligaon area of the city on Sunday announced that the government has taken various infrastructure projects as a top priority in order to make the state on of the best states in the country.

The Minister further added that the government is now committed to strengthen infrastructure in Guwahati to make the city the gateway to South East Asia.

A slew of initiatives such as beautification of the Brahmaputra riverfront and Borsola lake, the garden at Gandhi Mandap, a memorial for Mahatma Gandhi atop the Sarania Hill, setting up 30 bio-toilets and 20 water ATMs, had already been taken up under the Smart City project.

While referring to Prime Minister Modis transformation through transportation vision, Sonowal said that 15,000 km of roads have been built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) by the BJP-led government in comparison to the “slow pace” of development by the previous governments.

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People of Assam had to struggle for basic amenities during the tenure of the earlier Congress government but now infrastructure development projects have been taken up on war footing without giving people any scope to protest.

He urged the people to maintain peace, unity, and harmony for the timely completion of all such projects in the state so that it can become one of the top five states in the country.

PWD Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the new flyover at Maligaon area would greatly reduce traffic congestion and facilitate the smooth movement of vehicles and people in the busy area.

The proposed four-lane flyover will start from Maligaon and end after crossing the Kamakhya Temple gate at Assam Trunk (AT) Road. It will have an extended arm to the road leading to Pandu Ghat.

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