Assam government to organise cultural festival across 28,000 villages November onwards

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Himanta Biswa Sarma opened a series of infrastructure projects in Tezpur which include inauguration of a garden at Litchu Pukhuri, development of Chowk Bazar, integrated sports complex at Hazarapar including waterfront development and bird observatory tower, beautification of Borpukhuri, Tezpur. The Chief Minister also inaugurated the construction of town hall at Parwa. He also felicitated the Bihua and Bihuwatis who participated in the mega Bihu event which created Guinness Book of Record.

He presented the Bihu artistes with certificate and a cheque of Rs. 25,000 for each of the participants.Sarma said that Assam is always proud of the culture and heritage of Tezpur. The land which is the birth place of the doyens like Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Phani Sarma, always feels the requirement for a state of the art auditorium.

However, with laying the foundation of an auditorium with 1000 seat capacity to be built on a land measuring 10 bigha land involving a financial outlay of Rs. 27 crores, the need for the same will be met greatly. He said that with these schemes, the importance of Tezpur will be improved to a great extent.

The Chief Minister said that as a gesture of gratitude of all those who participated in the mega Bihu event, State government announced that all the participants will be given certificate and honorarium. Therefore, he felt happy to present the certificates and cash awards to all those who participated in the mega Bihu event. Sarma said that Assam has 28 thousand villages and from November to April in all the villages, cultural fest will be organised.