Overview
- On January 17 in Malda, West Bengal, the Prime Minister will flag off India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper linking Howrah and Guwahati and unveil rail and road projects worth over ₹3,250 crore.
- In the evening, he will attend a mass Bagurumba performance by about 10,000 Bodo artistes in Guwahati as part of a cultural outreach program.
- On January 18 at Kaliabor in Assam, he will perform bhoomi pujan for the ₹6,957 crore Kaziranga elevated corridor, an 86-km scheme with a 35-km wildlife corridor, town bypasses and highway widening.
- He is scheduled to virtually flag off two Amrit Bharat Express trains — Dibrugarh–Gomti Nagar and Kamakhya–Rohtak — and address a public meeting at Kaliabor.
- The visit spans poll-bound West Bengal and Assam, with officials presenting the program as a combined push on connectivity, regional development and public engagement ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.