Guwahati, March 14 -- AssamChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday performed 'Bhumi Pujan' of the Unity Mall at the Betkuchi area of Guwahati.

The mall is a brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is being built involving an outlay of Rs 298 crore.

The decision to implement this project was taken in July last year and the Assam government turned it into reality with the Bhumi Pujan on Wednesday.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced in the 2023-24 budget that all the states of the country will be encouraged to set up a Unity Mall in their respective state capitals, or the most prominent tourism centres, or the financial capitals, for promotion and sale of their own 'One District One Product,' Geographic...