Overview
- The state announced in its 2026–27 budget that it will begin detailed feasibility studies for a metro rail corridor running along or over the planned 121-km Guwahati Ring Road.
- Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma clarified the system is intended as a regional commuter network linking towns such as Baihata Chariali and Nalbari rather than a short‑trip intra‑city metro.
- The government said it will ask the agency that runs the Delhi Metro to prepare the project report but has not committed to a final design, funding plan, or construction schedule.
- The Ring Road scheme includes a 55-km northern bypass, a 3-km six‑lane Brahmaputra bridge, and six‑laning of NH‑27, and officials say the metro could steer growth to peripheral areas and cut pressure on the city core.
- Next steps are the technical, financial, and ridership studies that will set alignment, cost estimates, funding options, and a decision point on whether to proceed with Assam's first mass rapid transit network.