Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a gift for the northeast on the third anniversary of the NDA government - the naming of India's longest bridge after the region's beloved singer Bhupen Hazarika.

Bhupen Hazarika Setu India's longest bridge inaugurated in Assam by PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a gift for the northeast on the third anniversary of the NDA government 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the newly inaugurated Dhola-Sadia bridge

The opening of the bridge was described by Modi as "the fulfilment of Vajpayee's dream"

A view of the country's longest Dhola-Sadia bridge over Lohit river in Assam

PM said the project would have been completed earlier if the BJP had been in power

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the newly inaugurated Dhola-Sadia bridge

The PM also congratulated the BJP government in Assam which has just completed a year