Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on Friday, where he will lay the foundation stone, inaugurate and dedicate projects worth Rs 14,300 crore. During his day-long visit, the prime minister will dedicate to the nation, AIIMS Guwahati and three other medical colleges in the state. After arriving in the state capital on Friday, the PM will reach the newly constructed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Guwahati, and inspect its newly built campus at around 12 noon.
The operationalization of AIIMS, Guwahati will mark a momentous occasion for the state of Assam and the entire Northeast region. This is also a testimony of the Prime Minister’s commitment to strengthening health infrastructure across the country. The foundation stone of this hospital was also laid by the Prime Minister in May 2017. Built at a cost of more than Rs 1120 crores, AIIMS, Guwahati is a state-of-the-art hospital with a capacity of 750 beds including 30 AYUSH beds. This hospital will have an annual intake capacity of 100 MBBS students every year. The hospital will provide world-class health facilities to the people of the Northeast.
The Prime Minister will dedicate to the Nation three Medical Colleges; Nalbari Medical College at Nalbari, Nagaon Medical College at Nagaon and Kokrajhar Medical College at Kokrajhar, built at a cost of about Rs 615 crore, Rs 600 crore and Rs 535 crore, respectively. Each medical college has an attached 500 bedded teaching hospitals with OPD/IPD services including emergency services, ICU facilities, OT and diagnostic facilities among others. Each of these colleges will have an annual intake capacity of 100 MBBS students.
Apart from this, PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of Assam Advanced Health Care Innovation Institute (AAHII) and launch ‘Aapke Dwar Ayushman’. The ceremonial launch of this campaign by the Prime Minister is a step towards realising his vision of reaching out to every beneficiary to ensure 100 per cent saturation of welfare schemes.
The prime minister will also distribute Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) cards to three representative beneficiaries, which will be followed by the distribution of about 1.1 crores of AB-PMJAY Cards in all districts of the state.
The foundation stone of Assam Advanced Health Care Innovation Institute (AAHII) is a step towards realising the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and 'Make in India' in the areas related to health. The majority of technologies used in healthcare in the country are imported and developed in a different context, which are highly expensive and complex to operate in the Indian environment. AAHII is envisioned in such a context and will work such that ‘we find our own solutions for our own problems’. AAHII, to be built at a cost of about Rs 546 crore, will facilitate cutting-edge inventions and R&D in medicine and healthcare, identify the nation's unique problems related to health and promote the development of new technologies for solving those problems.
Following this, the Prime Minister will attend the programme marking the platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Gauhati High Court at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati at around 2:15 pm. During the programme, the Prime Minister will launch a mobile application ‘Assam Cop’ designed by Assam Police. The app will facilitate accused and vehicle searches from the database of the Crime and Criminal Network Tracking System (CCTNS) and the VAHAN national register.
The Gauhati High Court was established in 1948 and it served as the common court for the seven north-eastern states of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh until March 2013, when separate High Courts for the States of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura were created.
The Gauhati High Court now has jurisdiction over the States of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, with its Principal Seat at Guwahati and three permanent Benches in Kohima (Nagaland), Aizawl (Mizoram) and Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh).
The PM’s day-long visit to the state will conclude at the Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati, at 5 pm, where he will preside over a public function, and witness a colourful Bihu programme performed by more than ten thousand performers and dancers. This event would attempt a New Guinness World Record in the category of largest Bihu dance performance in the world in a single venue. It will feature artists from across the 31 districts of the state.
During the programme, the Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the Nation various development projects including the commissioning of a 500 TPD Menthol Plant in Namrup; laying of foundation stone of bridge on Brahmaputra river connecting Palashbari and Sualkuchi; foundation stone laying for beautification of Rang Ghar, Sivasagar; and dedication to five railway projects to the Nation. The bridge will provide much-needed connectivity in the region. He will also commission a 500 TPD Methanol plant at Namrup in Dibrugarh.
The railway projects being inaugurated include the Digaru-Lumding section; Gauripur-Abhayapuri Section; Doubling of the New Bongaigaon-Dhup Dhara section; Electrification of the Raninagar Jalpaiguri-Guwahati section; Electrification of Senchoa-Silghat Town and Senchoa-Mairabari section.
The Rang Ghar beautification project will provide facilities like a fountain show built around a huge water body and showcasing the history of the Ahom dynasty, a boat house with a jetty for adventurous boat rides, an artisan village for the promotion of local handicrafts, diverse ethnic cuisines for food lovers. Rang Ghar located in Sivasagar is one of the most iconic structures to depict the Ahom cultures and traditions. It was built by the Ahom King, Swargadeo Pramatta Singha in the 18th Century.