Assam government has made elaborate arrangements for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s day-long visit to Diphu and Dibrugarh on Thursday with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma monitoring the preparations in both the towns, officials said.
The Prime Minister was scheduled to arrive at Nagaland’s Dimapur airport at 11 a.m from where he will take the helicopter to Diphu in Karbi Anglong district.
Modi was scheduled to address the ‘Unity, Peace and Development’ rally at Loringthepi and lay the foundation of several educational and development projects worth over Rs 500 crore.
The Prime Minister will leave for Dibrugarh where he was scheduled to dedicate the Dibrugarh Cancer Centre at the Assam Medical College Hospital.
Later in the afternoon, Modi will inaugurate seven cancer hospitals and lay the foundation for seven more at the Khanikar. Park in Dibrugarh where Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan Tata, Union Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Rameshwar Teli, Governor Jagadish Mukhi and the Chief Minister were scheduled to be present.
The Chief Minister had visited both the districts twice to monitor the preparations and directed the authorities to take all possible measures to make the Prime Minister’s visit to the state a ‘grand success’.
On Modi’s scheduled visit to Diphu, the Chief Minister said that he was hopeful that ”his visit to this beautiful hill district will contribute hugely to the development of the area”.
Meanwhile, the state government has declared a local holiday tomorrow within the jurisdiction of both Karbi Anglong and Dibrugarh districts with all state government offices, educational and other institutions to remain closed.
Strict security arrangements have been made with heavy vehicles asked not to ply during the day in both the towns.
The transport department has pressed into services over five thousand buses to bring the people to the venue of the rallies.
BJP members have reached out to the people in the far flung areas of both the districts and invited them to the meeting with the Assamese tradition ‘paan-tamul’ (betel leaves and areca nuts).
