PM unveils ₹23,550 crore infrastructure projects in Assam's Silchar

Key facts

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled projects worth ₹23,550 crore in Silchar, Assam on Saturday ahead of the assembly elections.
• The ₹22,864 crore access-controlled expressway between Silchar (Cachar district) and Shillong (Meghalaya) is the first of its kind in the Northeast.
• The 166-km four-lane greenfield high-speed corridor will cut Guwahati-Silchar distance from 295 km to 252 km and travel time from 8.5 hours to around 5 hours.
• An elevated corridor on NH-306 from Trunk Road near Capital Point to Rangirkhari Point in Silchar will be built at ₹565 crore to ease congestion and improve links with Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur.
• The PM laid the foundation stone for the ₹122 crore College of Agriculture at Patharkandi in Karimganj district.
• These projects are part of ₹47,800 crore worth of projects unveiled by the PM in Assam since Friday.