PM Inaugurates Projects Worth Rs 19,680 Crore, Hands Land Pattas to Tea Workers in Assam

PTI, March 13, 2026, Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation for projects worth around Rs 19,680 crore in Assam, focusing on infrastructure and energy sectors. Modi had reached Guwahati earlier in the day on a two‑day visit.

He also launched the distribution of land pattas to tea workers of Assam in garden housing lines and released the 22nd instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme for over 9.3 crore farmers across the country.

In order to provide homestead land rights to the tea garden community, the PM launched the first phase of distribution of land pattas to workers of 106 tea gardens across 20 districts in the state. Secure land ownership is expected to improve housing security, enable better access to institutional credit and welfare schemes, and promote long-term social and economic mobility for tea garden workers who are the backbone of the tea industry in the state.

In the same programme, Modi released the 22nd instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme to over 9.3 crore farmers across the country, under which eligible farmers receive Rs 2,000 directly into their bank accounts.

Modi also inaugurated the PM Ekta Mall in Guwahati, envisioned as a major commercial and tourism hub for Assam and the North Eastern region, featuring permanent stalls for One District One Product (ODOP) items, GI-tagged products, handicrafts, and handloom goods from Assam and other states.

The PM dedicated to the nation the Kopili Hydro-Electric Project located in Dima Hasao and West Karbi Anglong districts of the state. The Capacity Enhancement Project of the Numaligarh-Siliguri Product Pipeline (NSPL) of Oil India Limited was also dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister.

He inaugurated Phase 1 of the North East Gas Grid, a major pipeline project connecting Guwahati with Numaligarh, Gohpur, and Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), with a branch line extending to Dimapur (Nagaland). He also laid the foundation stone for NRL's Rail-Fed POL Terminal at Panchgram in Hailakandi district. These projects will significantly strengthen energy infrastructure in the North East and enhance national energy security, officials said.

Major railway electrification projects, including the Rs 420-crore Rangiya-Murkongselek rail line (558 km) and the Rs 1,180-crore Chaparmukh-Dibrugarh rail line (571 km), as well as the Badarpur-Silchar and Badarpur-Churaibari rail lines, built at a cost of around Rs 650 crore, were dedicated to the nation by the PM. Modi also laid the foundation stone for the 194‑km Furkating-Tinsukia rail line doubling project costing over Rs 3,600 crore.

In the waterways sector, Modi laid the foundation stone for cruise terminals at Bishwanath Ghat in Biswanath district and Neamati in Jorhat district.