Assam Government do not want Silchar Lumding Broad-gauge

Assam Government do not want  Silchar Lumding Broad-gauge   

As declared earlier, the Silchar Lumding Broadgauge Rupayan Sangram Committee of Hailakandi district unit today staged a protest demonstration infront of  the office of the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), demanding the early clearance of no objection certificate from the Forest Department of the State that has become a barrier in the construction work of Silchar Lumding broad gauge project.

The members of the committee shouted slogans against the apathy of the State Government towards Barak Valley. Later, the committee submitted a memorandum addressed to the Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain through the DFO in-charge.

Sushil Paul, district convener of the Sangram committee, Hailakandi, said that with the project kept pending for the last 16 years it is yet to see the light of the day.“The State Government has now intentionally held up the clearance order to make an obstacle in the construction work of the project,” he pointed out.

Taking a dig on the Tarun Gogoi led Congress government, Paul said that the government did not have any interest in the completion of the project, though it was declared a national project by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, while laying the foundation stone of Jiribam-Tulup (Imphal) BG project in 2004. He suspected the involvement of strong syndicate which was active to scuttle it.

He pointed out that the Sangram Committee from its inception had taken series of protest programmes and would continue till the project turned out to be a reality. He said that Committee had recently visited the State of Tripura and met the intellectuals, prominent personalities and common people of the State to strengthen the support for the early completion of the project which would also benefit the people of the neighboring State. The delegation of Sangram committee during the visit also submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister, Manik Sarkar, seeking his support and intervention in the completion of Silchar Lumding BG project.

Among others who spoke on the occasion included Bijit Bhattacharjee, eminent litterateur, Manas Kanti Das, Ranjit Ghosh, Afzal Hussain, Santosh Mazumder, Madhabi Sarmah.

Source:
http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=131561&dtP=2012-09-12&ppr=1#131561