Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has visited the under-construction Lachit Moidam Memorial and Cultural Complex in Jorhat and pledged to complete the construction by the end of 2024. He has also instructed the planting of saplings around the complex s boundary walls on 2nd October as part of a programme to plant one crore saplings across the state.
It came to light on the floor of the State Assembly today that many tea estates of the Northeast and North Bengal continue to owe crores of rupees in the form of annual fees to the Tocklai Tea.