GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that steps are taken to increase the existing production capacity of Bogaigaon refinery from 2.5 MMTPA(million metric tonnes per annum) to 5 MMTPA.Sonowal laid foundation stone for six new projects under City Infrastructure Development Fund (CIDF) in Bongaigaon .The projects that Sonowal laid the foundation are development of Eco Park and it’s adjacent water bodies, a museum for the preservation and promotion of art and culture of Koch Rajbongshis and construction of bus terminal and site development, construction of clock tower among others. Sonowal also distributed tractors and power tillers to the beneficiaries under “Chief Minister’s Sammagra Grammya Unnayan Yojana”. The Chief Minister also distributed kits under “PM CARES” to the persons who came back to the state during Covid 19 induced lock down. Sonowal also released a report of “Project Milijuli”, a comprehensive Covid 19 community management initiative of the district administration and unveiled a logo of “Mission Sampoorna”, a district administration initiative to make Bongaigaon free from malnutrition at the programme. Sonowal reiterating the commitment of the BJP led State government for equal development of all areas of the State said that the State government under CIDF laid the foundation stone of six projects to enable Bongaigaon district to catch up with the development of other developed districts of the State. He also said that the previous government in the State took no special initiative for the empowerment of the far flung areas of the State, however, the present State government guided by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s principle of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Viswa” took special initiatives for the development of Bongaion as well as other seventeen districts under CIDF. The Chief Minister further said that under the present government apart from infrastructural development of Bongaigaon, foundation stone for Bongaigaon Engineering College was laid besides pragmatic steps were taken to increase the existing production capacity of Bogaigaon refinery from 2.5 MMTPA to 5 MMTPA. Moreover, steps were taken for a 200 TPD formalin plant at Baitamari and Multi Model Logistics Hub at Jogighopa to enable the district to move equally along with the development initiatives of other front ranking towns of the country. Sonowal said that in the educational front for the utilization of its verdant resources, State government has set up eight new medical colleges, nine new engineering colleges, 32 polytechnic institutes and a number of universities as well as AIIMS and IARI at Gogamukh. He also said that very shortly government would lay the foundation stone of Skill University at Mongaidai.
