SITA Co-Vice Chairman Ramen Deka visits Sivasagar district

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DEMOW: Co-Vice Chairman of SITA (State Innovation & Transformation Aayog), Assam, Ramen Deka visited Sivasagar district to look into the initiative taken by the Archaeology department to preserve the ancient monuments and religious idols and deities in different sites, in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

In this field visit, Archaeological Survey of India and members of Heritage Society of Assam accompanied the Co-Vice Chairman. The officials of the Archaeological department and ASI explained the steps taken by them to preserve all the ancient structures. Later, a meeting was chaired by the Co-Vice Chairman along with DDC, Sivasagar, Subhan Gowala at the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner.

The Co-Vice Chairman Ramen Deka was of the view that successive governments should have taken steps to preserve the monuments and as such, the authorities should be more vigilant to preserve these monuments so that Sivasagar might develop as a tourist hub of the State. On the other hand, a proposal was placed for a conclave for tourist operators, especially for local entrepreneurs, for attracting tourists to this place while visiting Northeast India.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Nabajit Deuri, Deputy Director (EE), Department of Archaeology, Assam, Dr. Chabina Hassan, Technical Officer, and other officials.

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