Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has said that India is on a mission to become Atmanirbhar in the energy sector and is reducing dependence on foreign fuels. He inaugurated India’s first bamboo-based bio-refinery at Golaghat district this afternoon.
Addressing a huge public rally on the occasion of the inauguration of the Bio Ethanol plant, the PM said that India will harness its deepwater energy resources and strengthen energy self-reliance and this bio-ethanol plant is one step towards that goal. The Prime Minister informed that India is among the top five nations in solar energy.
Mr. Modi also laid the foundation stone of a polypropylene unit at the refinery.
Earlier in the day, the PM laid the foundation stones of Darrang Medical College, Nursing College, and GNM School in Darrang district.
The PM also virtually launched the construction of a new bridge over the Brahmaputra River, connecting Guwahati’s Narengi and Darrang’s Kuruwa and the Guwahati Ring Road project from the same venue.
The Prime Minister will depart for Kolkata from Jorhat Airport after concluding his engagements in Assam this evening.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, amongst others were present on the occasion.
