India, Dec. 20 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new terminal building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport in Assam's Guwahati on Saturday.

The newly-inaugurated Terminal 2 building of the Guwahati airport is designed to handle around 13.1 million passengers per year and was built at an expense of Rs.4,000 crore. During the inauguration, PM Modi also took a tour of the new terminal building.

According to officials, the total cost of the project is Rs.5,000 crore, out of which, Rs.1,000 crore was earmarked specifically for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities, reported news agency PTI.

The officials also added that with this new terminal, the Guwahati airport aims to be a crucial aviation hub ...