KARIMGANJ: Governor of Assam Gulab Chand Kataria who is on a 3-day tour to Barak valley reached Karimganj on Tuesday. Along with Deputy Commissioner Mridul Yadav, Governor Kataria held a review meeting with the high-ranking officials and heads of departments of all the security agencies of the district, including the police, BSF at the conference hall of the DC office of Karimganj on Tuesday.
The Governor discussed various developmental activities, philanthropic projects, grant schemes of the central and State governments. Among which the Prime Minister of Panchayat and Rural Development Department reviewed the progress and implementation of the work of the Department of Education, Health, Works, Water Resources, Irrigation, Agriculture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, etc. The Governor also reviewed security issues with security agency officials. After the review meeting, the governor met the media and expressed his satisfaction about the activities of the Karimganj district administration and the development activities of the department.
The Governor laid emphasis on the system of cultivation in every season in the field of agriculture in the district.
Later, the Governor visited Sutarkandi Inland Port Authority’s Indo-Bangla International Trade Centre and reviewed the current trade with Bangladesh and its future development potential. Governor Kataria also planted saplings at Sutarkandi border and paid his visit to Malegarh Sepoy Mutiny Memorial at Indo -Bangladesh border.
The Governor paid tribute to the brave martyrs at the Sepoy Mutiny commemoration memorial.
While speaking on the occasion Governor Kataria said that the first struggle for India’s independence began in 1857 with the Sepoy Mutiny.
“The brave soldiers who took refuge in Malegarh and the people of the area helped them in this rebellion which led to the spark of the freedom struggle. So the importance of this area is immense,” Governor Kataria added, stated a press release.
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