Lakhimpur, June 17 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated and laid foundation stones for several development projects worth approximately Rs 110 crore in the Lakhimpur district.

CM Sarma visited Lakhimpur on Monday and emphasised the district's recent development.

These included the new office of the Chief Executive Officer of the Lakhimpur Zilla Parishad at Borimuri, built at a cost of Rs four crore, and the centralised community kitchen of the Akshaya Patra Foundation at Bebejia Kumartup in Azad, to be constructed at Rs 26 crore.

He also performed the bhoomi pujan for an eco-park in North Lakhimpur, to be developed on 16 bighas of land at a cost of Rs 4.25 crore, and for the second phase of the North Lakhimpur Urban ...