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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Assam wherein he stated that his government is focusing on the digitization of health services.

"The focus of our government is digitization of health services. The effort of the government is to get rid of long lines for treatment, to get rid of the problems in the name of treatment. One after the other schemes have been implemented for this," said PM Modi

During his address in Assam's Dibrugarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to renowed singer and former state MLA Bhupen Hazarika. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally in Assam's Dibrugarh. In addition, he also launched seven cancer hospitals in the state.

PM Modi, speaking at the ‘peace, unity & development rally’ in Diphu, talked about the removal of AFSPA ( Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act), from parts of Assam with an aim to check law and order and curb violence. “Recently, AFSPA was removed from 23 districts in the Assam. We have removed AFSPA from many areas of the North East as a result of better law and order,” PM Modi said.  

Further speaking about the Centre’s decision to remove the Act, the PM said, "Our government removed AFSPA from Tripura and Meghalaya while the previous governments kept on extending it.” Furthermore, he added, “The removal of AFSPA is a very big step for the development of the northeast.”

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visit Dibrugarh Cancer Centre in Assam. 

"Last year, several organisations from Karbi Anglong joined the resolve for peace and development. Bodo Accord opened new doors for lasting peace in 2020," he said. 

Apart from Assam, NLFT (National Liberation Front of Tripura) also took steps on the path of peace in Tripura. The problem related to Bru-Reang, which was going on for almost two and a half decades, has also been solved," the Prime Minister said at Rally for Peace, Unity & Development in Assam.

"Now from here, we don't have to look back. In the coming few years, together we have to make up for the growth which we could not achieve in the past decades," PM Modi asserted. 

"Our government removed AFSPA from Tripura and Meghalaya while the previous governments kept on extending it. We have also removed it from many districts of Assam," said PM Modi. 

During the Programme,  Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for more than 2950 Amrit Sarovar projects. The state will develop these Amrit Sarovars at a cumulative cost of around Rs 1150 crore, the PMO stated. 

The Prime Minister's office stated, "Assam Cancer Care Foundation, a joint venture of the Government of Assam and Tata Trusts, is executing a project to build South Asia’s largest affordable cancer care network with 17 Cancer care hospitals spread across the state. Under Phase 1 of the project, out of 10 hospitals,  the construction of seven hospitals have been completed while three hospitals are at various level of construction. Phase 2 of the project will witness the construction of seven new cancer hospitals."

On April 26, Prime Minister's Office stated, "Assam Cancer Care Foundation, a joint venture of the Government of Assam and Tata Trusts, is executing a project to build South Asia’s largest affordable cancer care network with 17 Cancer care hospitals spread across the state. Under Phase 1 of the project, out of 10 hospitals,  the construction of seven hospitals have been completed while three hospitals are at various level of construction. Phase 2 of the project will witness the construction of seven new cancer hospitals."