Guwahati, July 6 -- As a significant example of rapid infrastructural progress, the newly constructed flyover connecting Rukminigaon Road and Bormotoria Link Road at Downtown Point in Guwahati was inaugurated on Sunday by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Completed in just nine months - half the originally sanctioned period of eighteen months - this Rs. 112 crore, 660-metre-long, four-lane structure was officially designated as Bhagadatta Flyover-2 in honour of King Bhagadatta of Kamarupa.

Additionally, the flyover located in the Super Market area of the city would henceforth be known as Bhagadatta Flyover-1.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Chief Minister Sarma stated that the new flyover forms part of the state governme...