Dynamite News Assam: PM Modi reviews over damage caused by flood
In the first meeting with the chief minister, his cabinet colleagues and senior state government officials, the prime minister had reviewed the flood situation and infrastructural damage.
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reviewed the damage caused by recent floods in Assam during his visit to the state today.
The prime minister, who arrived at the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here, was received by Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
From the airport, he flew by a helicopter to the Veterinary College Ground at Khanapara here.
The prime minister then drove to the nearby Assam Administrative Staff College where he is scheduled to hold three meetings, before returning to New Delhi in the afternoon.
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He was received at the Staff College by the chief minister, his cabinet colleagues and senior state government officials.
In the first meeting with the chief minister, his cabinet colleagues and senior state government officials, the prime minister reviewed the flood situation and infrastructural damage, official sources said.
PM Modi also hold a meeting with Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland.
State Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said yesterday that the prime minister's visit was mainly aimed at finding a permanent solution to the flood problem in Assam. (PTI)