HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, Dec 4: The state cabinet will be expanded with induction of a few ministers on December 7.
This was announced by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in New Delhi after a state Cabinet meeting.
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The chief minister said the meeting of the state cabinet, which he attended virtually from Delhi, also decided to broaden the road connecting Guwahati’s Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi airport to the city from four lane to six lane.
Briefing about his series of meetings he had in the national capital, Sarma said during his interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi he had submitted proposals for approval of various projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore.
These projects include enhancement of capacity of Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemical Limited to five million tonne, expansion of the Namrup fertiliser plant at a cost of Rs 10,000 crore and Guwahati ring road projects.
Sarma said his government is also planning to build an expressway from Guwahati to Silchar through Meghalaya at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore which will reduce the travel time between the two cities to just five hours from the present 12 hours.
