BADARPUR, Aug 14 – Karimganj has finally got its District Library after a wait of 16 years. The library was inaugurated recently in a ceremony by State Excise and Border Development Minister Gautam Roy.
On this occasion, a meeting was held under the presidentship of Karimganj Deputy Commissioner Dr M Angamuthu. Roy, in his address, expressed satisfaction over the opening of the district library.
In the presence of leaders and representatives of different political parties, MP and MLAs, top officials of the district administration and public, the minister said that the State Government has fulfilled the demand of the people in Karimganj. Now it is the duty of the people to protect and supervise this library he maintained.
Roy appealed to MP and MLAs to extend financial aid for greater development of the library.
The minister said that the State Government’s proposed engineering college for Barak Valley would surely be setup at Karimganj and not in Hailakandi. Roy said that he has no objection at all to setup this engineering college in Karimganj. To setup this college at Karimganj, at least 300 acres of land is needed, which is not available at present. So, if these land can be found, the college must be setup in Karimganj, Roy added.
The Karimganj MP, Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya, in his address, said that he has granted Rs 7 lakh for obtaining the generator of this district library, and Rs one lakh for purchasing the library books from the MP Area Development Fund. Besides this, MP Suklabaidya also assured that for the repairing and re-constructing of the worn-out roads of Karimganj and Badarpur town areas, more than Rs 5 lakh will also be granted from the DONER funds.
The Karimganj Deputy Commissioner, Dr M Angamuthu said that in the greater interest of the district library, no permission would be given to the political parties to use it. The DC also said that the district administration has decided to hold the cultural and film festival in the district library on the occasion of Eid and Durga Puja. Dr Angamuthu said that in exchange of fixed rentals, various cultural functions and literary programmes could be easily held by the different literature and cultural units. The ADC of Karimganj, HK Nath explained the significance of the meeting and informed that this 690 seat district library, has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1.35 crore.
The meeting feted three successful students, Kisan Sen Laskar, Soumitra Dev and Najrul Islam.
The meeting was also addressed by MLAs Mission Ranjan Das, Anwarool Haque, ADC MK Das, educationist Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Tarun Das, Lopamudra Choudhuree among others. ASSAM TRIBUNE
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