PM Modi launches works worth over ₹4,570 crore in Kokrajhar by video link; ₹1,100 crore for Bodoland roads
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for works worth over ₹4,570 crore in Kokrajhar, Assam, by video conference from Guwahati on 13 March 2026.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched development works worth over ₹4,570 crore in Kokrajhar, Assam, on 13 March 2026, joining by video conference from Guwahati because bad weather stopped him from travelling. More than ₹1,100 crore of this is for roads in Bodoland, including six road projects in the Bodoland Territorial Region, and the PM said the third phase of the Asom Mala programme would transform connectivity. He referred to the Kamakhya–Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express and the Guwahati–New Jalpaiguri Express, a railway workshop and a planned rail link to Bhutan. Modi said the commitments of the 2020 Bodo agreement were being met: Bodo has been made an associate official language, a ₹1,500-crore special development package has been deployed, and about 10,000 former insurgents have joined the mainstream. He also praised the Bodo faith Bathou and the Baisagu festival.
Key facts
- Date
- 13 March 2026 (by video from Guwahati)
- Value
- Over ₹4,570 crore
- Roads
- Over ₹1,100 crore for Bodoland; six road projects in BTR
- Programme
- Asom Mala phase 3
- Trains
- Kamakhya–Charlapalli Amrit Bharat Express; Guwahati–New Jalpaiguri Express
- 2020 Bodo agreement
- Bodo as associate official language; ₹1,500-crore package; ~10,000 ex-insurgents rehabilitated
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Bathou, praised by PM Modi in his Kokrajhar address on 13 March 2026, is the traditional faith of which community?
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Correct answer: D — Bodo
The PM said the traditional faith of the Bodo community, Bathou, has been given great respect at the national level.
PM Modi said on 13 March 2026 that the 2020 Bodo agreement was being implemented. Consider the following: 1. Bodo has been made an associate official language. 2. A special development package of ₹1,500 crore has been deployed. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
Both are correct as per the PM's Kokrajhar address: Bodo was made an associate official language and a ₹1,500-crore special development package was deployed, along with new medical colleges.