PM Modi launches ₹23,550-crore projects in Silchar, performs bhoomi pujan of Shillong–Silchar High-Speed Corridor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth ₹23,550 crore in Silchar, Assam, on 14 March 2026, including the ground-breaking of the Shillong–Silchar High-Speed Corridor.
Summary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of development projects worth ₹23,550 crore in Silchar, Assam, on 14 March 2026. The biggest was the bhoomi pujan of the Shillong–Silchar High-Speed Corridor, which the PM called the first access-controlled corridor of its kind in the North East. The 166.8-km, four-lane greenfield corridor on NH-06 runs from Mawlyngkhung near Shillong in Meghalaya to Panchgram near Silchar in Assam and is expected to cut Guwahati–Silchar travel time to about five hours. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved it on 30 April 2025 at a capital cost of ₹22,864 crore under the Hybrid Annuity Mode, with 144.8 km in Meghalaya and 22 km in Assam. Modi also referred to a new Silchar flyover and the region's first agriculture college at Patharkandi, and said the Barak Valley would become a logistics and trade hub under the Act East Policy.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 14 March 2026, Silchar (Cachar district), Assam
- Total projects
- ₹23,550 crore
- Corridor
- Shillong–Silchar High-Speed Corridor, 166.8 km, 4-lane greenfield, NH-06
- Ends
- Mawlyngkhung (Meghalaya) – Panchgram (Assam)
- Split
- 144.8 km Meghalaya, 22 km Assam
- Cost / mode
- ₹22,864 crore; Hybrid Annuity Mode (CCEA approval 30 April 2025)
- Travel time
- Guwahati–Silchar cut to about 5 hours
- Also
- Silchar flyover; agriculture college at Patharkandi
Practice MCQs 4 questions
The Shillong–Silchar High-Speed Corridor, whose bhoomi pujan was performed on 14 March 2026, connects which two States?
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Correct answer: B — Meghalaya and Assam
The corridor runs from Mawlyngkhung near Shillong in Meghalaya to Panchgram near Silchar in Assam.
What was the total value of the projects launched by PM Modi in Silchar on 14 March 2026?
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Correct answer: D — ₹23,550 crore
The Silchar projects were worth ₹23,550 crore; ₹22,864 crore is the approved cost of the Shillong–Silchar corridor alone, and ₹18,700 crore was the Kolkata package the same day.
Consider the following about the Shillong–Silchar High-Speed Corridor: 1. It is being developed on the Hybrid Annuity Mode on NH-06. 2. The larger part of its 166.8-km length lies in Assam. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct: the CCEA approved it on Hybrid Annuity Mode on NH-06. Statement 2 is wrong: 144.8 km lies in Meghalaya and only 22 km in Assam.
Where is the Barak Valley's first agriculture college, mentioned by PM Modi in Silchar on 14 March 2026, located?
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Correct answer: A — Patharkandi
The PM said the establishment of the region's first agriculture college at Patharkandi would make the valley a hub for agricultural research.