The Chief Minister directed the Deputy Commissioners through video conferencing at the conference hall of Assam House here on Tuesday evening to ensure that more and more people get involve in the massive plantation drive. Sarma revealed that more than 46 lakh applications have been received in the app created for the purpose. The Chief Minister said he desired that people plant more than two saplings to extend the green cover in the state.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the state government's 1 crore 'Amrit Brikshya Andolan' (tree plantation movement) has received good response from the people and it has decided to involve more and more people so that it .
The one-person commission headed by Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan (retd) has closed its proceedings after no one turned up before the commission during its sitting at the Assam House here, they said.
An inquiry commission headed by Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan (retd) has closed its proceedings on the 2018 Mukroh violence in Meghalaya after the state government failed to produce witnesses and documents. Six people were killed when a clash broke out after a timber-laden truck was intercepted by forest personnel from Assam along the disputed border.