The CM of Assam recently laid foundation stone for implementation of Brahmaputra Riverfront Development Project and score of other ventures initiated by the Water Resources and Urban Development Department in a program organized at Dibrugarh town recently. The proposed projects aimed at strengthening urban infrastructure in Dibrugarh town where the foundation stone include 2nd phase of Assam Integrated Flood and River Bank Erosion Risk Management Project – Dibrugarh Sub Project funded by ADB amounting to ₹79 crore, construction of project facilitation Centre and series of other programs. The Central and State Governments are taking up numerous projects for strengthening infrastructure and improving other amenities of urban areas in the state including schemes like Smart City, Smart Police etc, modernization drive of urban areas have received a shot in the arm in recent years. Under City Infra Development Fund (CIDF), ₹200 crore each would be pumped in into six major towns of the state including Dibrugarh for urban infrastructure development. He also stressed on several welfare schemes launched to uplift the socio economic conditions of urban poor including PMUY, among others
