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REPORT
ON VISIT OF SHRI ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE,
HON’BLE
PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA TO
DIBRUGARH
ON
21ST APRIL, 2002.
The Hon’ble
Prime Minister has visited Dibrugarh on 21st April, 2002 to
inaugurate the commencement of work of the construction of bridge over
Brahmaputra at Bogibeel.
Other
Dignitaries accompanying Hon’ble Prime Minister
Shri
Nitish Kumar, Hon’ble Minister for Railways.
Shri
Arun Shouri, Hon’ble Minister for Disinvestment.
Shri
B.C. Khanduri, Hon’ble Minister for Surface Transport.
Shri
Digvijay Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Railways.
Smti.
Bijaya Chakraborty, Hon’ble Minister of State for Water Resources.
The
Hon’ble Prime Minister in his speech had
emphasized on early completion of the Bogibeel bridge project prior to the
schedule time of seven years. The Hon’ble Prime Minister asked the Chief
Minister of Assam to expedite the land acquisition process.
Shri
Arun Shorie, Minister for Disinvestment who is also the in charge of Ministry
for North East Affairs had requested the people to ensure proper utilization of
each rupee coming to North East. Shri Shorie had portrayed a picture of fund
sanctioned for North East and also the unutilised amount.
Shri
Nitish Kumar, Hon’ble Minister for Railways, had announced in the public
meeting about the specifications of the project which had been recently
sanctioned clearing all doubts.
The entire
programme had been a great success for the district administration as
well as for the railways. The railways
played a vital role in commencement of the historical event which the
people of Assam in general
and the people of Dibrugarh in particular will always keep in mind. The district
administration in Dibrugarh is committed to act for the actual work of building
the bridge and making the project a success
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