Sixth Bodoland Day celebrated
>From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Feb 10: The sixth Bodoland Day was celebrated in the Bodoland
Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) today.
Attending the public rally on the occasion, Asom Health and Family Welfare
Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma announced that an engineering college and a
planetarium would be set up in BTAD by next year. The Kokrajhar campus of
Gauhati University will be upgraded to a full-fledged university, and the State
Government is taking all necessary steps towards that end, Sarma said.
Expressing satisfaction at the development in the DTAD, he said: The BPPs
partnership with the Congress is for growth and development of the entire
State.
Asom Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain, who also participated the function, said
the Government will focus on exploiting the tourism potential in the BTAD area.
He announced the construction of a new tourist bungalow at Chakrasila at a cost
of Rs 25 lakh and a tourist guest house at Gossaigaon at an estimated cost of
Rs 45 lakh.
Earlier, BTC chief Hagrama Molilary hoisted the tricolour and paid homage to
the Bodo martyrs.
(The Sentinel,11.02.08)
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