Rs 8,000 crore investment in pipeline: Assam CM

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said that state has seen the investment of more than Rs 1,000 crore after the global investors meet while investment of another Rs 8,000 crore was in the pipeline.

Informing that all these proposal of investment came to the state only three-months before during the first global investors meet, Mr Sonowal told this newspaper that initiative of his government to make Assam a investors friendly state has started bearing fruits. “I have been monitoring progress on the investment proposals every month. My government is committed to change the atmosphere of the state,” said Mr Sonowal while rejecting the suggestion that turbulent atmosphere of the state, due to Citizenship Bill protests would scare the investors.

“Our investors’ summit garnered investment assurances of Rs 1,00,000 crore through 200 MoUs, investments worth Rs 1000 crore are already in place and has been operationalised,” he said.

Admitting that state has still miles to go, he said that the investment commitments which converted into actual investments in last three months include Future Group  in shopping malls and Spicejet’s in exporting bananas to Dubai.