Guwahati, Feb. 26 -- Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday announced an investment of more than Rs 4,800 crore to transform the inland waterways sector of the state at the Advantage Assam 2.0 in Guwahati.

"The money will be invested to enable the immense potential that the complex and dynamic waterways system of the state has to offer to propel the growth and development of the region towards realising the vision of PM Narendra Modi's Viksit Bharat," Sonowal asserted at the session on Assam's Roads, Railway and Riverine Tourism on the second day of the investment summit.

Speaking on the occasion, Sarbananda Sonowal said that, under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, the ...