Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Saturday early morning and then will travel to Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh to participate in the Viksit Bharat Viksit North East programme to launch the Rs 10,000 crore UNNATI scheme.

Mr Modi is on a three-day tour of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh till Sunday.

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In Assam, the Prime Minister will unveil the 84 feet high magnificent statue of Lachit Borphukan, the famous General of the Royal Army of the Ahom Kingdom of Assam who defeated the Mughals.

The project includes the construction of Lachit and Tai-Ahom Museum and a 500 seating capacity auditorium.

The project is an effort to celebrate the valour of Lachit Borphukan and enhance awareness about him. It will also boost tourism and lead to generation of employment opportunities.

At the public programme in Jorhat, the Prime Minister will inaugurate, and lay foundation stones of multiple developmental projects strengthening health, oil and gas, rail and housing sectors.

The Viksit Bharat Viksit North East programme in Itanagar will witness several development initiatives in Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh related to sectors like rail, road, health, housing, education, border infrastructure, IT, Power, Oil and Gas, among others.

The Prime Minister will launch the new Industrial Development Scheme for North East, UNNATI to strengthen the industrial ecosystem in the North East, attract new investment, help set up new manufacturing and services units and give a boost to employment in the north eastern States.

The Rs 10,000 crore scheme is fully funded by the Government of India and covers all eight North Eastern States. He will also inaugurate the Sela Tunnel project, an engineering marvel constructed at a cost of about Rs 825 crore.

The Prime Minister will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 41,000 crore in Arunachal Pradesh.

The projects include the Dibang Multipurpose Hydropower Project in Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh. To be built at a cost of more than Rs 31,875 crore, it will be the highest dam structure in the country.

It will generate power, help in flood moderation and lead to employment opportunities and socioeconomic development in the region.

In West Bengal, Saturday afternoon, the Prime Minister will participate in the Viksit Bharat Viksit West Bengal programme in Siliguri and dedicate to nation multiple developmental projects of rail and road sector worth more than Rs 4500 crores.

He will dedicate to nation multiple projects of electrification of rail lines benefiting people of North Bengal and nearby region.

The other important railway projects include the project for doubling of railway line in Manigram – Nimtita section; and automatic block signalling in Ambari Falakata-Aluabari including electronic Interlocking in New Jalpaiguri and flag off a new passenger trains service between Siliguri and Radhikapur.

Mr Modi will inaugurate two National Highway projects worth Rs 3,100 crores in West Bengal. The projects include four-lane Ghospukur-Dhupguri Section of NH 27 and four-lane Islampur Bypass on NH 27. The Ghospukur-Dhupguri Section is part of the North-South transport corridor connecting Eastern India with the rest of the country.

At around 7 pm, Saturday, the Prime Minister will reach Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and perform Darshan and Pooja at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple in the city.

On Sunday, the Prime Minister will participate in a public programme, where he will inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 42,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh.

Providing a major boost to the civil aviation sector, the Prime Minister will inaugurate and lay foundation stones of 15 airport projects across the country worth more than Rs 9800 crore.

He will inaugurate 12 new Terminal Buildings of Pune, Kolhapur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Delhi, Lucknow, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot, Moradabad, Shravasti and Adampur Airports.

He will also lay the foundation stone of three new Terminal Buildings of Kadapa, Hubballi and Belagavi Airports. In Varanasi, he will disburse the first instalment under Mahatari Vandana Yojana in Chhattisgarh via video conferencing.