Assam CM seeks govt help for procuring 1 cr saplings for plantation under PM's LiFE Mission

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and sought his help for procuring one crore quality saplings for plantation in Assam under PM's LiFE Mission. The Union Minister assured the Chief Minister that he would help to rope in experts from Dehradun in the next two-three days for assisting the Government of Assam for plantation of one crore saplings under PM's LiFE Mission. The Chief Minister said that the state government has floated national tender for the purpose of obtaining 1 crore saplings for the massive plantation drive in the state.

Sarma met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his official residence here on Friday evening and apprised him about the flood situation in the state and the slew of relief and rehabilitation measures adopted by the state government to tackle the situation. The Chief Minister thanked the Union Home Minister for releasing Rs.340 crore SDRF for Assam. The Chief Minister said that urban flooding is a phenomenon in metropolitan cities and Guwahati is also no exception.

He said efforts are on to channelize excess water from the Brahmaputra river into wetlands and this has been done in the case of Deepor Beel as per suggestion of Union Home Minister, and to build road cum embankments to tackle floods in the state. «We have taken up some flood mitigation projects in the state,» he quipped. Sarma met Lieutenant Governor, Delhi, VK Saxena at his official residence on Friday and sought help to find a suitable location for setting up a mega Cultural Complex in the national capital.