Guwahati, April 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on Thursday and lay foundations and inaugurate some development projects worth several hundred crores.

The Assam government has declared a local holiday on Thursday within the jurisdiction of Dibrugarh and Karbi Anglong districts in view of Prime Minister’s visit. PM has two public meetings – first one at Diphu in Karbi Anglong and the next one at Dibrugarh.

According to the officials, Modi is scheduled to reach Dimapur (Nagaland) airport and from there he will go to Diphu in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district by helicopter to address a rally — ‘unity, peace and development rally’ at Loringthepi and lay the foundation of some development projects worth over Rs 500 crore.

Prime Minister would then fly to Dibrugarh where he would inaugurate the Dibrugarh Cancer Centre at the Assam Medical College and Hospital.

From Dibrugarh, the Prime Minister would virtually inaugurate seven cancer hospitals and lay the foundation for seven more cancer hospitals across Assam.

Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan Tata, central ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Rameshwar Teli, state Governor Jagadish Mukhi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma among others would also be present in the Dibrugarh event, officials added.

The seven cancer hospitals would be inaugurated by the Prime Minister are at Dibrugarh, Barpeta, Tezpur, Jorhat, Lakhimpur, Kokrajhar and Darrang while foundation would be laid are at Dhubri, Goalpara, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Nalbari, Nagaon and Tinsukia.