Guwahati, Sept. 27 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday inaugurated a 290 m-long road overbridge (ROB) at Panbazar in Guwahati.

Constructed by the Northeast Frontier Railway at a cost of Rs 47 crore, the ROB is seen as a milestone aimed at easing traffic congestion in the city.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by several distinguished dignitaries, including Jayanta Mallabaruah, Assam's Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs, MP Bijuli Kalita Medhi, MLA Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Mrigen Sarania, Mayor of Guwahati Municipal Corporation, and Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, General Manager of N.F. Railway; Samir Lohani, Divisional Railway Manager, Lumding, along with senior officials from the Railways and the state government.

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