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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on September 13 and 14 and will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects worth Rs 18,000 crore. On September 13, the PM will attend the birth centenary celebrations of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika at the Veterinary College Field, Khanapara, Guwahati.

Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, earlier, said that PM Modi will arrive at the Guwahati airport on September 13 at 4:20 pm.

"At 5:15 pm, he will attend the programme of the birth centenary celebration of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika. This programme will be 1 hour 15 minutes long, and the main highlight of the programme is that more than 1200 artists will together sing 14 songs of Dr Bhupen Hazarika for 18 minutes. In that programme, we will inaugurate a biography of Dr Bhupen Hazarika, which will be translated into all the languages of India. We will send this biography to 20 lakh families of Assam. The Reserve Bank of India has prepared a coin with the picture of Dr Bhupen Hazarika, and the Prime Minister will launch it," the Assam Chief Minister said.

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"On September 14, the Prime Minister will reach Mangaldoi at 11 am and he will lay the foundation stone of Darrang Medical College, Nursing College & GNM School with a cost of Rs 567 crore. He will also lay the foundation stone of a new bridge over the Brahmaputra River connecting Narengi to Kuruwa with a cost of Rs 1200 crore, Guwahati Ring Road with a cost of Rs 4500 crore," the Chief Minister said.

The Prime Minister will visit Numaligarh Refinery on 14th September at 2:30 pm and inaugurate the country's first bamboo-based bio-refinery at a cost of Rs 5000 crore.

"He will also lay the foundation stone of a polypropylene unit with a cost of Rs 7000 crore. After that, the Prime Minister will leave for Kolkata from Jorhat airport," the Assam Chief Minister said.

Posters, banners and hoardings have been put up and decorations have been done at various places in Guwahati to welcome the Prime Minister.

With ANI inputs

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