Nectar DG Dr Arun Kumar Sarma inspects terracotta villages in Dhubri

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DHUBRI: In a two-day visit to Dhubri district, Director General of North East Centre For Technology Application and Reach (Nectar), Dr Arun Kumar Sarma inspected various production units including Asharikandi Terracotta cluster villages near Gauripuri on November 21 and 22. Nectar is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, providing technological know-how to upgrade the product with value addition by applying environment-friendly plasma technology.

Dr Sarma also held a series of meeting with the entrepreneurs and exchanged views with artisans involved in making traditional and indigenous items but unable to compete in the market due to high cost of production. In a high-level meeting held with Deputy Commissioner Anant Lal Gyani in the chair, Dr Sarma explained how Nectar was working and what options are there to switch over to plasma technology in agro-based units to enhance production. Dhubri District Cultural Development Officer and District Information and Public Relation Officer (Dipro) in-Charge Jiten Das explained that the artisans had organized a workshop recently to train selected local people to make dotara and sarangi (both musical instruments played in Goalpariya music) here at Gauripur.

In the meeting, Dhubri District Development Commissioner Banashree Nath, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Nayanjyoti Bhagawati, Director of North East Craft and Development Organisation (Necardo), Binoy Bhattacharjee and other officials were present and shared their views in the discussion.

Director of Necardo, Binoy Bhattacharjee told this scribe that Dr Sarma was highly pleased to see various production units in the district including terracotta in Asharikandi village and agro-based production units

“Dr Sarma spent a lot of time there in Asharikandi village and interacted with artisans engaged in making terracotta and pottery items. Support of plasma technology which hitherto been produced indigenously will bring a sea change in socio-economical development”, Bhattacharjee hoped. When contacted by The Sentinel at Dhubri Circuit House, Dr Sarma expressed his satisfaction over the visit. “I am in a positive frame of mind and there are ample of opportunities to change the entire socio-economic scenario in the district. I have received a positive response from all corners, and let’s see how far we can go”, Dr. Sarma added.

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