<p>Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth Rs 17,500 crore in Assam on Saturday.</p>.<p>The PM unveiled the projects strengthening the health, oil and gas, railway and housing sectors at a function in Jorhat.</p>.<p>He laid the foundation stone of projects under the Prime Minister's Development Initiative for North Eastern Region (PM-DevINE) scheme. Among these projects are a Medical College and Hospital at Sivasagar and a Hemato-Lymphoid Centre in Guwahati.</p>.<p>He also laid the foundation stone for the capacity expansions of the Digboi Refinery from 0.65 to 1 mmtpa and Guwahati Refinery from 1.0 to 1.2 mmtpa, among others.</p>.<p>Modi inaugurated a new medical college and hospital at Tinsukia and the 718-km-long Barauni- Guwahati Pipeline, built at a cost of about Rs 3,992 crore.</p>.PM Modi inaugurates Sela tunnel, highest hydropower dam in Arunachal Pradesh; slams Congress.<p>He also inaugurated about 5.5 lakh homes under PM Awas Yojana-Gramin, constructed at a cost of about Rs 8,450 crore.</p>.<p>The PM also inaugurated railway projects worth more than Rs 1,300 crore in the state. Among these were the Dhupdhara-Chhaygaon section of the New Bongaigaon-Guwahati via Goalpara doubling project and the New Bongaigaon-Sorbhog section of the New Bongaigaon–Agthori doubling project.</p>.<p>Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were present at the programme.</p>
<p>Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth Rs 17,500 crore in Assam on Saturday.</p>.<p>The PM unveiled the projects strengthening the health, oil and gas, railway and housing sectors at a function in Jorhat.</p>.<p>He laid the foundation stone of projects under the Prime Minister's Development Initiative for North Eastern Region (PM-DevINE) scheme. Among these projects are a Medical College and Hospital at Sivasagar and a Hemato-Lymphoid Centre in Guwahati.</p>.<p>He also laid the foundation stone for the capacity expansions of the Digboi Refinery from 0.65 to 1 mmtpa and Guwahati Refinery from 1.0 to 1.2 mmtpa, among others.</p>.<p>Modi inaugurated a new medical college and hospital at Tinsukia and the 718-km-long Barauni- Guwahati Pipeline, built at a cost of about Rs 3,992 crore.</p>.PM Modi inaugurates Sela tunnel, highest hydropower dam in Arunachal Pradesh; slams Congress.<p>He also inaugurated about 5.5 lakh homes under PM Awas Yojana-Gramin, constructed at a cost of about Rs 8,450 crore.</p>.<p>The PM also inaugurated railway projects worth more than Rs 1,300 crore in the state. Among these were the Dhupdhara-Chhaygaon section of the New Bongaigaon-Guwahati via Goalpara doubling project and the New Bongaigaon-Sorbhog section of the New Bongaigaon–Agthori doubling project.</p>.<p>Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were present at the programme.</p>