PM Modi unveils Rs 10,601 crore fertiliser plant in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (in grey jacket). PIC/PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 10,601-crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Dibrugarh district of Assam. The facility - Assam Valley Fertiliser and Chemical Company Ltd (AVFCCL) - will have an annual urea production capacity of 12.7 lakh metric tonnes and the project is scheduled for commissioning in 2030.

The PM, on the last day of his two-day Assam visit, laid the foundation stone of the plant here, located within the existing premises of the Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corp Ltd (BVFCL). In July this year, AVFCCL was incorporated at Namrup in Dibrugarh. The project was approved by the Union Cabinet in March this year.

AVFCCL is a joint venture among the Assam government, Oil India, National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL), Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd (HURL) and BVFCL. Modi arrived in Assam on Saturday on a two-day visit, during which he unveiled multiple projects worth R15,600 crore, months before the Assembly polls next year.

"The AVFCCL Namrup ammonia-urea project is being established as a modern, energy-efficient, world-class fertiliser complex with an annual urea production capacity of 12.7 lakh metric tonnes, at an estimated investment of R10,601 crore," the company said in a statement. It said this upcoming facility will play a pivotal role in meeting the fertiliser requirement of Assam, the northeast region, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Tribute to martyrs of Assam Agitation

PM Modi on Sunday paid homage to martyrs of the Assam Agitation, a movement against illegal immigrants, at the ‘Swahid Smarak Kshetra' here. Modi paid floral tribute in front of a lamp, which always remains lit in memory of the 860 martyrs of the six-year-long movement that ended in 1985. He garlanded the bust of Khargeswar Talukdar, the first martyr of the Assam Agitation.

Talukdar had died on December 10, 1979, and the memorial was inaugurated earlier this month to mark his death anniversary. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who accompanied Modi, said that the PM remembered the sacrifices of the people for protecting the state's culture.

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