Lakshman Prasad Acharya will unfurl the national flag at the Republic Day celebrations to be held at Khanapara in Guwahati, while, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will do the honour at the Republic Day celebrations in Dibrugarh in Upper Assam.
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Sarma in a meeting held at Lok Sewa Bhawan took stock of the preparations put in place for the celebrations of the ensuing Republic Day to be held in Guwahati and Dibrugarh respectively.
Sarma asked the functionaries from General Administration and Police Administration to make adequate arrangements for celebrating the Republic Day in the newly created Co-districts in a befitting manner. However, in case of Kamrup Metropolitan district, Republic Day celebration will happen only in Dimoria Co-district. He also asked GAD to release funds for the celebrations and Police Administration to make necessary arrangements for parade and march past etc as part of the celebrations in the Co-district.
Sarma during the meeting asked Department of Housing and Urban Affairs to start cleanliness drives in the run up to the Republic Day celebrations across the state with the help of Gaon Burhas (Village Heads), voluntary organizations, etc. As a prelude to the Republic Day celebrations on 25 January, Guwahati, Dibrugarh along with district headquarters will