Overview
- The new Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport terminal, billed as India’s first nature-themed facility, spans about 140,000 sq m and is designed for roughly 13.1 million passengers a year.
- Developed by Guwahati International Airport Ltd and operated by Adani Airport Holdings, the terminal was cited at about ₹4,000 crore with a broader project outlay reported near ₹5,000 crore including MRO facilities.
- Modi unveiled an 80‑ft statue of Assam’s first chief minister, Gopinath Bordoloi, reported to be sculpted by the late Ram Sutar, outside the new terminal.
- The visit highlighted projects totaling around ₹15,600 crore, with a key plank being the bhoomi pujan for a brownfield ammonia‑urea fertiliser project at Namrup estimated at roughly ₹10,600–12,000 crore.
- In a public rally, Modi accused Congress of neglecting the Northeast and protecting infiltrators, defended the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and held party outreach and a student interaction on a Brahmaputra cruise under tightened SPG-led security and temporary ferry suspensions.