GUWAHATI, Feb 22: The All Dimasa Students’ Union (ADSU) and All Cachar-Karimganj-Hailakandi Students’ Association (ACKHSA) today blamed it on the government and a political lobby for the delay of the Silchar-Lumding gauge conversion project that was earlier scheduled to be completed by 2009. The students’ bodies said it is due to the neglect of the government to NC Hills and Barak Valley, the BG Project that was declared as a national project by the Prime Minister has been delayed.
Talking to newsmen in Guwahati today, ADSU president Prafulla Hafila said: “The gauge conversion project was started in 1997 with 2009 as the target, but so far only 30 per cent work of the project has been done. The government shows the violence by the Black Widow as the reason behind the delay in the work, but the reality is that the militant group has been active for two years, and too, in a specific area. It is lack of goodwill on the part of the government that has delayed the work of the project.”
Hafila said if the government does complete the work of the project by March 16, they will resort to a vigorous agitation.
ACKHSA president Rupam Nandi Purkayastha said: “A political lobby in league with businessmen engaged in carrying passengers and goods to the Barak Valley has delayed the gauge conversion work.” He also said Union Heavy Industries Minister Santosh Mohan Dev is reluctant to put pressure on the Centre for early completion of the project due to an ego problem. He, however, refused to divulge as to what ego problem Dev has been suffering from. He also said if the project is not completed by March 16, the two students’ bodies will resort to a vigorous agitation. source: the sentinel assam
Talking to newsmen in Guwahati today, ADSU president Prafulla Hafila said: “The gauge conversion project was started in 1997 with 2009 as the target, but so far only 30 per cent work of the project has been done. The government shows the violence by the Black Widow as the reason behind the delay in the work, but the reality is that the militant group has been active for two years, and too, in a specific area. It is lack of goodwill on the part of the government that has delayed the work of the project.”
Hafila said if the government does complete the work of the project by March 16, they will resort to a vigorous agitation.
ACKHSA president Rupam Nandi Purkayastha said: “A political lobby in league with businessmen engaged in carrying passengers and goods to the Barak Valley has delayed the gauge conversion work.” He also said Union Heavy Industries Minister Santosh Mohan Dev is reluctant to put pressure on the Centre for early completion of the project due to an ego problem. He, however, refused to divulge as to what ego problem Dev has been suffering from. He also said if the project is not completed by March 16, the two students’ bodies will resort to a vigorous agitation. source: the sentinel assam
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