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The Assam authorities connected Sunday (December 7, 2025) decided to manus implicit 3,000 bighas (nearly 992 acres) of onshore astatine Doloo Tea Estate successful Cachar territory to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the operation of a greenfield airport, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Addressing a property league aft a furniture meeting, Mr. Sarma said the sheet approved an summation of 500 bighas from the earlier determination to allocate 2,500 bighas (826.45 acres) for the projected airdrome adjacent Silchar.
"The furniture approved the transportation of 3,000 bighas astatine Doloo Tea Estate successful Silchar to the AAI for the operation of a greenfield airport," Mr. Sarma said, adding that the determination volition pave the mode for obtaining the Union Cabinet's motion for the project.
The State authorities had projected a caller airdrome successful Silchar dispersed implicit 2,500 bighas, arsenic the existing installation astatine Kumbhirgram is simply a defence airdrome and enlargement of the installation to accommodate the expanding demands of aerial postulation is not possible.
In November 2022, the Assam authorities had distributed fiscal assistance to 1,296 families surviving astatine Doloo Tea Estate "as a goodwill gesture".
Earlier that year, a contention had arisen implicit the authorities government's efforts to get onshore for mounting a greenfield airdrome with the past Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia claiming that nary specified connection was received for the installation from the BJP-led state.
It was aboriginal clarified that the onshore was being acquired astatine AAI’s request.
Because of the confusion, onshore acquisition astatine the beverage property for the airdrome had led to protests by the plot workers, but the authorities assured that nary idiosyncratic would beryllium evicted from their homes and determination would beryllium nary occupation loss.
The State authorities had antecedently announced a compensation of ₹50 crore for the acquisition of onshore astatine Doloo, Lalbagh, and Mainagarh beverage gardens for mounting up the greenfield airport.
In June this year, Sarma had said a nationalist proceeding was completed astatine Doloo Tea Estate. The workers, nether the aegis of Asom Mojuri Shramik Union (AMSU), expressed unhappiness and demanded the authorities to instrumentality the acquired onshore oregon allot the aforesaid magnitude of onshore astatine a antithetic spot for increasing tea.
Talking astir different furniture decisions, the CM said the authorities has approved allotment of onshore to 1,200 families nether flagship strategy Mission Basundhara.
The furniture besides approved a associated task to beryllium acceptable up astatine state-run Assam Engineering College and Dassault Systems India Pvt Ltd.
"The project, to beryllium established implicit 5,000 sq ft astatine a outgo of ₹243 crore, volition connection courses related to aerospace and defence, automotive and electrical vehicles," Sarma said.
Of the full cost, the Assam authorities volition lend ₹43 crore, portion Dassault Systems volition put ₹200 crore, helium added.
Sarma further said the furniture granted administrative support for the operation of Assam's 2nd Sainik School astatine Longvaku successful Karbi Anglong district.
"The schoolhouse volition beryllium built astatine a outgo of ₹335 crore, of which 80% volition beryllium borne by the Ministry of Defence and the remaining 20% by the Assam government," helium added.
Besides, the furniture approved compensation to 884 families for onshore acquired during the operation of the four-lane National Highway successful Dima Hasao district.
Sarma said the furniture approved the Assam Logistics and Warehousing Policy, 2025, which aims to alteration Assam into a large logistics hub.
"The furniture approved the inclusion of Assam's past and geography arsenic compulsory subjects successful classes 6, 7 and 8. This determination was taken connected the ground of recommendations made by the high-level committee headed by retired Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma, constituted for the implementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord," helium added.
