CM Sarbananda Sonowal launches high school project across tea gardens

GUWAHATI: "The tea community is an integral part of the greater Assamese society, and the community has contributed immensely to Assam's socio-cultural development. The community, which has embraced Assam and Assamese as their own and assimilated into Assamese society, must be enabled to reap benefits of equal development," said Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday while laying the foundation stone for the construction work of 119 model high schools at tea gardens of the State. The programme was held at Mekipur Tea Garden playground in Nazira, Sivasagar. He also ceremonially launched the construction of the model high schools at Mekipur and Bamunpukhuri tea gardens at Nazira as a part of the initiative.

Notably, Rs 1.20 crore would be spent for building each model high school, which would be constructed by the PWD (Public Works Department) and a total amount of Rs. 142.50 crore has been allotted from SOPD fund of 2020-21 for the entire project.

The schools will have all amenities like modern class rooms, teacher's rest rooms, entrance gates, separate toilets for teachers and students etc. and these schools are expected to greatly improve academic scenario in tea garden areas of the state.

Sonowal also said that as a part of the initiative of the State government to equally develop all the communities living in Assam, the historic programme of laying the foundation stone for constructing 119 model high schools in tea gardens of the State has become possible for educational development of the tea community which has been living in Assam for nearly 200 years.

He also paid tributes to martyrs of tea community in the country's freedom struggle like Mangri Orang, Dayal Das Panika, BijuBaishnab etc. and said that with the historic step of setting up 119 model high schools in tea gardens the dream of many great personalities of the community would be fulfilled for true development of the tea community. He also remembered the contributions made by various tea garden personalities in the development of the community, stated a release.

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