“Martyrs’ Echoes, Mega Projects: Northeast’s Bold Development Surge”, India Narrative, December 23, 2025

“PM Narendra Modi’s Guwahati stopover was more than another ribbon-cutting exercise; it is a calibrated political message that infrastructure, nationalism and the Northeast’s long-frayed peripheries now sit at the heart of New India’s growth story. The visit knits together aviation, fertilisers, symbolism around the Assam Movement and the Kamakhya shrine into a single narrative of a region finally being brought into the mainstream on Delhi’s terms.

The centrepiece of Modi’s Guwahati itinerary is the inauguration of the new terminal building at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, billed as India’s first major “nature-themed” terminal and the largest in the Northeast. Spread over nearly 1.4 lakh square metres and designed to handle up to 1.3 crore passengers annually, the terminal is intended to make Guwahati a genuine regional hub rather than a provincial airstrip at the edge of India’s mental map.

The choice of location and scale is deliberate…..”

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