Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the damage caused by recent floods in Assam during his visit to the state on Tuesday.
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 helicopter to the Veterinary College Ground at Khanapara here.
The Prime Minister then drove to the nearby Assam Administrative Staff College where he held a series of review meetings.
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.
The Prime Minister would also address a meeting of ruling BJP and its alliance partners- the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodo Peoples’ Front.
Modi would also hold a meeting with Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Assam.
State finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said on Monday that the Prime Minister’s visit was mainly aimed at finding a permanent solution to the flood problem in Assam.
The Centre had on Monday announced an exgratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of those killed and Rs 50,000 each for those injured in Assam floods.
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