West Guwahati real estate market is also zooming away in the wake of exceptional construction activity with a sizeable investment in various infrastructure projects from the Centre and private investors. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport is situated in the west part of Guwahati due to which the city expends towards the airport side, the 30-km long stretch (Airport Road) has come out as the latest hub of real estate activity. Demand for commercial and residential property on this road are massive with a good price appreciation. The Centre is planning to build an aerotropolis in Guwahati and sought 2000 acers from the state for this purpose. An aerotropolis is an airport centric metropolitan hub, where infrastructure and economy are all based on the access to the airport serving as a commercial point like any traditional metropolis that contains a central city commercial core area and commuter-linked suburbs.Guwahati's emergence as an educational hub coupled with the city's unique geographical positioning as the gateway to the seven sisters of the Northeast is drawing people to this city. Gauhati University is in Jalukbari and it is the oldest and most renowned University in the entire North-East India. Headquarters of Northeast Frontier Railways is also located in Maligaon which is a part of west Guwahati.Guwahati is the largest city of Assam and northeastern India, one of the fastest growing cities in India, situated on the South Bank of the Brahmaputra River. Guwahati lies between the banks of the Brahmaputra River and the foothills of the Shillong plateau, with LGB International Airport to the west and the town of Narengi to the east. It is gradually being expanded as North Guwahati to the northern bank of the Brahmaputra. Guwahati, said to be the country’s second oldest continuously inhabited city, and described in the national Act East Policy as India’s Gateway to Southeast Asia as well as Southeast Asia’s Gateway to India, has been selected as one of the 100 Smart Cities. A centrally funded four-lane, ambitious East-West Corridor will pass through Guwahati and connect all the state capitals of Northeast India. Completion of the project will boost the vital upliftment of the whole regionThe Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), the city's local government, while the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is the planning and development body of greater Guwahati Metropolitan Area. The Guwahati region hosts diverse wildlife including rare animals such as Asian elephants, pythons, tigers, rhinoceros, gaurs, primate species, and endangered birds.
