Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday met Union Minister of Power and Housing and Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal and discussed matters pertaining to power sector and advancing urban development initiatives in Assam.
The Chief Minister also urged the Union Minister to expand its area of operations at the Margherita coal mines to help Assam to augment its income from coal.
According to Sarma, the government of that time had a unique opportunity to address complex problems in eastern and northern India following the war. However, he believes that this opportunity was not utilized effectively.
A significant milestone achieved by Assam government as it witnessed a sharp 81 per cent decline in child marriages across 20 districts between 2021-22 and 2023-24, following a strict legal crackdown by the state government, which vowed to eradicate child marriage in Assam by 2026
In a major crackdown on the drug trade, Assam Police and Assam Rifles on Tuesday carried out a joint operation in Cachar district and seized 648 grams of heroin valued at approximately Rs 3.5 crore.
Assam's relentless campaign to eradicate child marriage was commended during the NDA CMs' Conclave in New Delhi, the Chief Minister's office said in an official statement.
Earlier today, Congress party appointed party leader Gaurav Gogoi as the president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, along with three other working presidents, including Jakir Hussain Sikdar, Roselina Tirkey and Pradip Sarkar.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu in Delhi on Monday and discussed expanding air connectivity and infrastructure in the northeastern state.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the Tata semiconductor facility at Jagiroad in the state will start manufacturing chips by the end of the current financial year, 2025-26.
To boost its electronic components manufacturing ecosystem, the Assam government has decided to offer additional incentives to manufacturers willing to set up units in the northeastern state in addition to what the central government is offering.
In the meeting, both leaders discussed the ongoing NH projects in Assam and explored ways to further strengthen the surface communication network across the state. Several ongoing important road projects came up for discussion as well as new projects.