PM winds up eventful Asom visit

Guwahati, Apr 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today concluded his two-day visit to Asom after laying the foundation of two ambitious and long-cherished projects of the people of the state, amidst high expectations that the projects would put Asom as well as North East on the fast track of development.

While his visit was marred by a blast by ULFA militants in Guwahati and a media boycott of the foundation stone laying ceremony of a second bridge over the Brahmaputra in the city against high-handedness of the police yesterday, the laying of foundation of the Asom Gas Cracker Project in Dibrugarh district of Upper Asom went off without any hiccups this morning.

Dr Singh, who had spent the night at the Raj Bhavan here before flying to Dibrugarh this morning, had returned to New Delhi.

His proposed visit to neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh from Asom had earlier beenpostponed to a later date.

The Prime Minister, who represents the state in the Rajya Sabha, focused on the developmental aspects of both the projects he laid foundation of during his visit.

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