Assam: Gadkari lays foundation for bridges on Brahmaputra, CM skips event

The projects for which he laid foundation stones included a bridge each across the Brahmaputra connecting Sivasagar with North Lakhimpur via Disangmukh and Jorhat with Lakhimpur via Majuli, four-laning of 82.5 km of NH-715 costing Rs 1,980 crore and a Rs 50.76 crore ship repair facility in Guwahati. He also inaugurated a new ferry service between Dhubri and Hatsingimari on the Brahmaputra costing Rs 80.26 crore.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, however, preferred to skip the functions, with a statement issued by his office late in the evening, saying Gadkari had laid foundation stones for two Brahmaputra bridges without allegedly preparing any detailed project report (DPR).

“The foundation stone-laying of the two bridges by Union minister Gadkari without preparing the DPRs has exposed that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre is out to hoodwink people with an eye on the upcoming Assembly elections. I have never seen a central government like the present one going on a foundation stone-laying spree without preparing the DPRs. They are out to hoodwink people with an eye on the elections,”Gogoi said.