Assam Govt conspiracy on Silchar Lumding broad gauge project

Assam Govt conspiracy on Silchar Lumding broad gauge project 
Silchar Lumding Broadgauge Rupayan Sangram Committee today staged a protest before the district forest office of Karimganj, demanding the immediate release of no objection certificate from the forest department which has created barrier in the construction work of Silchar Lumding broad gauge project. In connection with their demands, the members of the committee further submitted a memorandum addressed to the forest minister Rockybul Hussain.

Arunangshu Bhattacharjee, district convener, Karimganj, said that the State Government had intentionally held up the no objection certificate which had created a barrier in the construction work of the project. “It was done intentionally to scuttle the project,” he rued. He said that no option was left to them but to launch a movement against this sort of apathy of the State Government towards the Valley.

In support of the demand, the Sangram Committee has chalked out a series of protest programme. According to it, the members of the organization would stage similar demonstration before the district forest offices of Hailakandi on Tuesday and in Silchar on Wednedsay. The members of the Committee from three districts of the Valley, Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi would jointly gherao the forest conservator officer on October 3 in Silchar.

The committee was formed from the mass convention that was held on June 21, 2009 at Guru Charan College auditorium. Since then, the committee has been relentlessly fighting for the early completion of the project which was started 16 years ago. Details here