Assam CM launches ₹383-cr flyover in Maligaon

The Assam chief minister has laid the foundation stone of a new flyover connecting Maligaon with Kamakhya Gate and Pandu in the city. The proposed four-lane flyover will start from Maligaon and end after crossing the Kamakhya Temple gate on the Assam Trunk (AT) Road with an extended arm leading to Pandu Ghat. The state PWD department will construct this flyover at a cost of ₹383.72 crore under the State-Owned Priority Development (General) Scheme and it will be completed within two years from the date of starting the construction work. Terming the rapid infrastructure development in Guwahati as part of the vision of the state government to make the city the gateway to entire South East Asia, the CM stated that the infrastructure development has been taken up as a priority. He also referred to the expansion of Guwahati city in four sides under the State Capital Region Plan and inclusion of Guwahati by the Centre in the first round of the Smart City Project as indicators of the vision of both Central and State governments to make Guwahati and Assam new engine of growth for the country.