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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Assam on 14 April to lay the foundation stone of various projects worth more than ₹3,400 crores.

According to a formal announcement, Mr. Modi will dedicate the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Guwahati and three other medical schools in the state to the nation.

For the state of Assam and the broader North-East region, the opening of AIIMS, Guwahati, will be a historic event. The state-of-the-art hospital AIIMS Guwahati, built for more than Rs. 1120 crores, has 750 beds total, including 30 AYUSH beds. 100 MBBS students will be able to enroll in this hospital per year. According to a government statement, the facility would offer the inhabitants of the North East top-notch medical facilities.

The construction of the three additional medical schools, Nalbari Medical College, Nagaon Medical College, and Kokrajhar Medical College, cost around Rs. 615 crore, Rs. 600 crore, and Rs. 535 crore, respectively.

Additionally, by distributing Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) cards to qualified beneficiaries, he would officially launch the “Aapke Dwar Ayushman” campaign and set the cornerstone for the Assam Advanced Health Care Innovation Institute (AAHII).

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The Prime Minister will also be present at the event celebrating the Guwahati High Court’s platinum jubilee at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

Additionally, he will dedicate five railway projects to the country as well as commissioning a 500 TPD menthol plant in Namrup, laying the foundation stone for a bridge over the Brahmaputra River connecting Palashbari and Sualkuchi, and beautifying Rang Ghar in Sivasagar.

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