Kaziranga: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a 2-day visit to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. PM Modi reached Kaziranga National Park early this morning, where along with elephant riding he also did a jeep safari. PM Modi reached Kaziranga National Park at around 5 am today. Narendra Modi is the first Prime Minister of the country, who reached the jungle safari after night rest in Kaziranga.
Let us tell you that the PM reached Tezpur on Friday evening, where Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed him. After night rest he visited Kaziranga this morning. All security arrangements were tightened before PM Modi reached Kaziranga. According to the information, PM Modi stayed in Kaziranga National Park for about 2 hours.
On his first visit to Kaziranga, PM Modi first took an elephant ride in the Mihimukh area of the Central Kohora range of the park and then went on a jeep safari inside the same range. The PM was also accompanied by Park Director Sonali Ghosh and other senior forest officials.
The Prime Minister will unveil the ‘Statue of Valour’, a grand statue of Lachit Borphukan, the famous general of the royal army of the Ahom Kingdom of Assam, who defeated the Mughals. The project also included the construction of Lachit and Tai-Ahom museums and an auditorium with a seating capacity of 500. The aim of this initiative is to remember the bravery of Lachit Borphukan and raise awareness about his legacy. This is expected to promote tourism in the area and create employment opportunities.
The Prime Minister will then visit Meleng Metelli Pothar in Jorhat district, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of both central and state projects worth about Rs 18,000 crore. The Prime Minister will inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of several development projects strengthening the health, oil and gas, rail and housing sectors.
The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of projects including a medical college and hospital in Sivasagar and a hemato-lymphoid center in Guwahati under the Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for the North Eastern Region (PM-DIVINE) scheme. He will also lay the foundation stone for important projects in the oil and gas sector including expansion of the capacity of Digboi Refinery from 0.65 to 1 MMTPA (million metric tonnes per annum). Apart from this, Guwahati Refinery expansion along with establishment of Catalytic Reforming Unit (CRU) and increase in facilities at Betkuchi (Guwahati) terminal will also be given. The PM is also scheduled to address a public meeting in Jorhat.
PM Modi did safari in Kaziranga National Park, was seen doing photography
