BJP-led Govt committed to develop Bhuban temple in Barak: Min Suklabaidya

SILCHAR: Parimal Suklabaidya, Assam's Environment and Forest, Excise and Fisheries Minister, yesterday said that the BJP-led Government of Assam is committed to the development of the ancient Bhuban temple in the Cachar district of South Assam's Barak Valley.  

"The BJP-led Government in Assam has taken up various projects to be implemented for the development of Bhuban temple," the Minister stated.

Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said this while laying the foundation stone for infrastructure development of Bhuban temple at a cost of Rs 10 lakh under the Assam Darshan project at a function held at temple premises on Saturday.  

Minister Suklabaidya said the Assam state government was keen to develop Bhuban Hills like the Kamakhya temple at Nilachal Hills in Guwahati, which has seen a major facelift recently.

Former MLA of Lakhipur, Rajdeep Gowala, who was present at the function, has already given a grant of Rs 10 lakh from his MLA Area Development Fund for the infrastructure development of Bhuban temple. 

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At the same time, an outline was made for the development of Bhuban Tirtha in the coming days. Minister Suklabaidya said Rs 10 crore has already been sanctioned under the Signature project and Rs.4.98 crore under the Assam Darshan for the construction of the road leading up to Bhuban temple. 

The Minister was accompanied by BJP Narsinghpur General Secretary, Kamlesh Das, West Dhalai Zilla Parishad representative, Vishnudayal Gowala, Youth Morcha Cachar District Vice President, Krishna Jiban Debnath, Assistant Engineer, Siddharth Bhattacharya and  Utpal Suklabaidya, Ramanuja Goswami, Samrat Chakraborty, Sudip Kumar and others.

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