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Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal distributing free bicycle to a beneficiary girl student at a programme held in Majuli on Wednesday.

Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said for making seamless connectivity to Majuli, the proposed bridge over river Brahmaputra connecting the island district with Nematighat in Jorhat district will be materialised.

Though laying of foundation for the project is taking some time for meeting several technical specifications, he government is committed to complete the project for convenience of the people of Majuli, he added.

Seeking cooperation of the people of Majuli, chief minister Sonowal said this while laying foundation stones of several projects in the district like a model handloom village, thread mill at Kamalabari, Majuli Polytechnic, a warehouse with one ton capacity, distribution of bicycles and umbrellas to students belonging to below poverty line, sewing machines to female members of low income group, distribution of solar lights and handing over the land pattas to 1327 landless families at a function held at Majuli College playground in Majuli on Wednesday.

It may be noted that 50 weavers would receive a mechanised loom each at the model handloom village to be set up at Barun Sitadar village and a community weaving centre where 100 weavers can work would be also be set up there under the project.

A designer and two weaving trainers would also be appointed for 3 years to train up the weavers of the village. In today’s programme, the chief minister also distributed free bicycles to 700 girl students of poor families, umbrella to 850 girl students, sewing machines to 220 women beneficiaries, solar lamps to 250 families and hand pumps to 80 farmers.

Saying that a positive transformation has been brought about in the country after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led central government had come to power, Sonowal asserted that the corruption has been rooted out which was patronised by the previous government. The economic condition of the rural women folk of the state has been improved through various schemes, he said.

Sonowal also said that the state government is committed to ensure that not even the poorest of poor is denied their basic needs of food, clothes and shelter and for that purpose, initiatives like providing rice at Rs 1 per kg, building houses under PMAY, free LPG connection to women of BPL families under PMUY, providing land patta to landless indigenous people etc are taken by the government.

Assam education minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya, handloom and textiles minister Ranjit Dutta and MP Pradan Baruah also spoke on the occasion. MLAs Bimal Bora and Prashanta Phukan, chairman of Assam State Warehouse Ltd Diganta Ghatowar, vice chairman of ARTFED Rupa Kaman, Satradhikar of Uttar Kamalabari Satra Janardan Deb Goswami, DC Majuli DP Mishra were also present at the programme among others.

Later, the chief minister also held a meeting with the satradhikars of 35 satras in Majuli and discussed about the various development schemes implemented in the district.

He also reviewed the status of schemes implemented by PWD, P&RD and Water Resource Departments in a meeting held with the top officials of these departments.