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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to land at the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Moran Bypass in Dibrugarh on Saturday, where he will witness an aerial display by fighter jets, transport aircraft and helicopters. The ELF, the first of its kind in Northeast India, was built in coordination with the Indian Air Force to support emergency landings and take-offs of military and civil aircraft.During his day-long visit to Assam on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu across the Brahmaputra River, linking Guwahati and North Guwahati.The six-lane extradosed prestressed concrete (PSC) bridge, built at a cost of about Rs 3,030 crore, is the first extradosed bridge in Northeast India.The bridge is expected to cut travel time between Guwahati and North Guwahati to about seven minutes. Designed for the region’s high seismic risk, it incorporates base isolation technology using friction pendulum bearings, while high-performance stay cables have been used to enhance durability and long-term structural performance.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also inaugurate the temporary campus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Guwahati during his visit, a move expected to boost higher and management education in the Northeast. The Prime Minister will also flag off 225 electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme in four cities, Guwahati (100), Nagpur (50), Bhavnagar (50) and Chandigarh (25).The move is expected to benefit more than 50 lakh citizens by improving access to clean and affordable public transport.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Data Centre for the North Eastern Region at Amingaon in Kamrup district during his visit.The facility will host critical government applications and act as a disaster recovery centre, with a sanctioned load of 8.5 MW and an average rack capacity of 10 kW per rack.The centre is expected to strengthen the region’s digital infrastructure and support the delivery of citizen services under the Digital India initiative.
