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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma connected Sunday (February 15, 2026) said helium has written to the Centre seeking much exigency landing facilities successful the state, a time aft Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Northeast's archetypal ELF successful Moran.
He besides announced that the Assam authorities volition ink a pact with the Civil Aviation Ministry adjacent period to transportation retired a feasibility survey to conception 4 much airports astatine Majuli, Diphu, Umrangso and Manas.
Addressing a property league successful Guwahati, Mr. Sarma said much strategical assets are being planned, including a duplicate conduit road-cum-rail passageway nether the Brahmaputra stream and an underground road beneath the Chicken's Neck corridor.
"The Moran ELF has utmost strategical value for Assam and the Northeast. The PM inaugurating it successful the beingness of the Air Chief Marshal yesterday has sent a precise beardown connection that India is acceptable for everything connected this front," helium said.
A batch of road and different strategical projects are being constructed successful Arunachal Pradesh, considering its borderline with China, but "Assam is being developed arsenic a backup authorities successful lawsuit of a war", Mr. Sarma said.
"We person written to the Centre seeking much ELFs successful the state. We request much specified facilities for usage during disasters specified arsenic floods. During a deluge, transport carriers specified arsenic C130 would beryllium capable to onshore astatine ELFs with alleviation materials," helium added.
The CM said 1 much ELF has been opened successful Assam and determination is simply a anticipation that four-five much specified facilities would beryllium constructed successful the State.
PM Modi connected Saturday (February 14, 2026) made a historical landing astatine the Northeast's archetypal ELF aboard the C-130J craft astatine Moran successful Dibrugarh district.
The Cabinet Committee connected Economic Affairs, chaired by the PM, connected Friday (February 13, 2026) approved the operation of India's archetypal 34-km-long twin-tube underwater road-cum-rail tunnel betwixt Gohpur and Numaligarh successful Assam astatine a full superior outgo of Rs 18,662 crore.
"The Cabinet has besides approved a two-line obstruction web underneath the Chicken's Neck. The ELF, twin-tube tunnel, and underground obstruction web volition presumption Assam connected the strategical level. We volition decision the force from the ungraded of Assam," Mr. Sarma said.
