Assam CM Himanta Biswa to Chair his 1st Cabinet Meeting Today at 6 PM, COVID-19 & Assam Flood on the Agenda

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will chair his first cabinet meeting after taking an oath to the office today at 6 PM.

According to sources, with the rapid rise in the COVID-19 cases in Assam, the chief minister is likely to discuss stringent measures to curb the infection in the state.

Notably, a many as 77 more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Assam in the last 24 hours. Of these 77 deaths, 30 have died in the Kamrup-(M) district.

COVID-19 deaths have also been reported from the districts are Kamrup-Rural – 10, Dibrugarh – 10, Bongaigaon – 4, Golaghat, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sivasagar – 3 cases each, Hojai, Tinsukia, Udalguri – 2 cases each, Darrang, Dhubri, Jorhat, Karimganj and Sonitpur registered 1 death each.

Meanwhile, with the monsoon season round the corner and so are the chances of the annual flood, the cabinet is also said to review its preparedness due to the flood situation at its embankments in the state.

On his maiden press conference after taking over as the CM of Assam at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra, Dr. Sarma said that the government will take up strong measures to curb the COVID infection and a decision will be taken after tomorrow's cabinet meeting.

"If we don't curb the spread of COVID-19 in Assam then other states in the northeast would not be helpful, so it is our responsibility and we shall come up after tomorrow's meeting," he added.

The Chief Minister also pledged employment to one lakh unemployed youth, fixing corruption and other implementation bottlenecks in microfinance scheme, better implementation of Orunodoi scheme and other welfare schemes and other poll promises would be implemented in a time-bound manner.

Speaking at the meet, the Chief Minister said, "Along with the BJP led alliance government we will work together to give employment to one lakh unemployed youths, speed up the Orunodoi scheme, and also worries related to the micro-finance related solution."

Further, the minister added, " In the last 5 years to dreamt of a flood-free Assam and we will work together for it from today onwards."

The minister also pledged to make Assam one of the top five states of India. Meanwhile, called on ULFA-I leader Paresh Baruah to join the mainstream and urged for a peaceful Assam in the coming days.

Speaking in the NRC, the minister said that the Assam government is firm in re-doing the process among 20 percent of the citizens of Assam in the border areas. Further apart from the bordering areas we appeal to conduct at least 10 percent in other districts in Assam.

However, after the re-examination of the NRC, if the old outcome of the NRC stands valid the Assam government will accept it and take it forward, if not then the government would urge the Supreme Court of India to direct the next course of action.

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