Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated a £5,000-crore bamboo-based ethanol plant at Numaligarh in Assam’s Golaghat district. He also laid the foundation stone for the £7,230-crore Petro Fluidised Catalytic Cracker Unit at the Numaligarh Refinery in the same location.
The "world’s first, second-generation" bioethanol plant is a ‘zero-waste’ facility, which will utilise all parts of the bamboo plant and is expected to provide a £200 crore boost to the rural economy in the state, officials said.
It will source 5 lakh tonnes of green bamboo from four northeastern states, benefitting over 50,000 people directly and indirectly, they added. The polypropylene plant, for which Modi laid the foundation stone, represents a significant milestone in manufacturing plastic with a wide range of applications, according to officials.
The plant has the potential to generate 75,000 man-days annually. Earlier in the day, the PM laid the foundation stones for health and infrastructure projects worth £6,300 crore at Mangaldoi in Darrang district.
He also initiated the construction of Darrang Medical College and Hospital, alongside a nursing college and a GNM school. The combined investment in these healthcare projects is valued at £570 crore, officials noted.
Modi also laid the foundation stones for the 2.9 km-long Narengi-Kuruwa bridge, with an estimated cost of £1,200 crore, and the 118.5 km-long Guwahati Ring Road project, connecting Kamrup and Darrang districts in Assam and Ri Bhoi in Meghalaya. The cost for the Ring Road project is estimated at £4,530 crore.
Modi arrived in Assam on Saturday evening and attended the birth centenary celebrations of Bharat Ratna awardee Bhupen Hazarika.
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