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PM Modi to visit Assam tomorrow to review flood situation

PM Modi to visit Assam tomorrow to review flood situation

India Blooms News Service | | 31 Jul 2017, 05:53 pm
Guwahati, July 31 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on Aug 1 to review the flood situation in the state.

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said PM Modi will take part in a review meeting with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, other state ministers, top officials at Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati.

“He will also address a legislators meeting of BJP and its ally parties Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) at the same venue,” the Assam minister said.

The current wave flood has claimed 82 lives and affecting over 2.5 million people of 29 districts.

On the other hand, PM Modi will take part two separate meetings with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu.

The Assam minister said that, Assam government will submit a memorandum to the PM for seeking permanent measures of flood and erosion in the state.

Meanwhile, tight security has been arranged in Guwahati for PM visit.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Picture: Image of Modi during his recent visit to flood-hit Gujarat)
 

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