PM Modi inaugurates Emergency Landing Facility in Dibrugarh, Assam

Dibrugarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Emergency Landing Facility on Moran Bypass, developed along a national highway in Dibrugarh district of Assam.

The Prime Minister, who is on a day-long visit to Assam, landed at the Emergency Landing Facility this morning.

The Prime Minister also witnessed the aerial display of Fighters and Helicopters in which Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi Su-30MKI, Rafale, AN-31, Tajesh and Advance Light Helicopters performed.

Akashvani correspondent reports that the Emergency Landing Facility is the first of its kind in Northeast India designed and constructed in coordination with the Indian Air Force to support landing and take-off of military and civil aircraft during emergencies.

The Prime Minister departed from Dibrugarh to Guwahati from the Emergency Landing Facility.

In Guwahati the Prime Minister will inaugurate and flag off various projects worth more than Rs 5,450 crore in Guwahati.

The Prime Minister will inaugurate Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu across River Brahmaputra connecting Guwahati and North Guwahati, built at a cost of Rupees 3,000 crore.

After the bridge inauguration, the Prime Minister will proceed to Lachit Ghat, a nearby area to virtually inaugurate the temporary campus of IIM Guwahati and the National Data Centre for North Eastern Region at Amingaon in Kamrup district.

In addition, the Prime Minister will flag off 225 electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme for four cities of India. 100 buses for Guwahati, 50 each for Nagpur and Bhavnagar and 25 buses for Chandigarh.

Later today, the Prime Minister will address a Booth Sanmilan of BJP workers in Guwahati.