"I will be reviewing the law and order situation with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and chair a unified command meeting here today", Chidambaram said after inaugurating the 11,111th branch of the State Bank of India at Sonapur in Kamrup district.

Chidambaram, accompanied by Gogoi and his senior cabinet colleagues, visited the Gauhati Medical College Hospital to meet the injured in the serial blasts in the city on Thursday, which left 50 wounded besides five dead.

He spent about 30 minutes in the hospital and directed the doctors to give the best possible medical care to the injured.

Addressing the SBI function, Chidambaram said that the government was determined to overcome all obstacles to bring in development in Assam.

"The Central and Assam Governments have given a clear message that whatever the obstacles and the threats, we are determined to bring in development in the state", he said.

"The mantra of the UPA government at the Centre and the Congress Government in Assam is development. The chief minister should devote all his energy for overall development of the state", the minister said.

"I am hopeful that Assam, with the immense development taking place here, will be able to overcome the difficult times", he added.

The blasts occurred on the eve of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit on Friday and as Union Home Minister P Chidambaram arrived here last evening to review law and order situation in Assam.

The Prime Minister was scheduled to arrive here today enroute to inaugurate the Indian Science Congress at Shillong on Saturday.

Three were killed and 35 hurt when a bomb kept in front of a closed sweet shop exploded near Bhangagarh flyover adjacent to the Big Bazaar retail store on the busy Guwahati-Shillong Road at around 5:45 pm.

A bomb kept in a bicycle went off at Bhootnath market at around 5.30 pm. Two persons were killed and more than 12 others were injured in the explosion.

Earlier, an improvised explosive device kept in a Gauhati Municipal Corporation dustbin exploded at around 3.30 pm injuring three persons in Birubari Tiniali area.