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Friday, November 21, 2008

Work on road to Bhuban temple starts


GUWAHATI, Nov 19 – Santosh Mohan Dev, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises laid the foundation stone for construction of a 3.5 km road and footsteps for going to Bhuban temple at a function at Khasiapunji near Matinagar in Cachar district on Moday. This was stated in a DIPR press release.

Speaking on the occasion, Dev said that an amount of Rs 52.23 lakh has been sanctioned by the Union Tourism Department for the purpose and Rs 25 lakh has been released now. He expressed hope that on completion of this project, the religious minded people going to Bhuban Shiv temple will be benefitted. He assured to sanctisPs’ Local Areas Development Fund.

The foundation laying ceremoney was presided over by Gautam Ganguly, Deputy Commissioner of Cachar while Ajit Singh, Parliamentary Secretary, Finance, Parimal Suklabaidya, MLA and Karnendu Bhattacharjee, ex-MP addressed the function.

The Union Minister later laid the foundation stone of a Rs 3 lakh road at Matinagar under the Non-Lapsable Pool Fund. The road will connect Matinagar with the foothills of Bhuban hills and the portion from Khasiapunji to the foothills will be connected by road under the Prime Minister’s Gramin Sadak Yojana. source: assam tribune

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