Modi launched Rs 3,231-crore Mahabahu-Brahmaputra project
Rs 15,000 crore connectivity projects for Northeast
Digital solutions for ease-of-doing-business
MAJULI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually launched the Mahabahu Brahmaputra project and laid the foundation stones of two bridges in Assam.
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways; Union Minister for Law & Justice, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology; MoS (I/C) for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Chief Minister of Assam and Meghalaya were present on the occasion here.
To mark the launch of Mahabahu Brahmaputra project, he inaugurated the Ro-Pax vessel operations between Neamati and Majuli Island, North Guwahati and South Guwahati and between Dhubri and Hatsingimari. He laid the foundation stone of Inland Water Transport (IWT) Terminal at Jogighopa and various tourist jetties on River Brahmaputra and launched digital solutions for Ease of Doing Busin
Give indigenous people stewardship of land
Speakers tell webinar Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Indigenous people should be granted stewardship for the land they exist on, said speakers at a virtual seminar yesterday.
Stewardship is a concept different from ownership because it makes the residents collectively responsible for maintenance of the land and its biodiversity. The webinar, titled Inclusion, Cultural Integrity and Land Rights of the Indigenous Peoples in Asia was jointly organised by Kapaeeng Foundation, Bangladesh; Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD), and The Daily Star. It is only in the indigenous culture we can promote the culture of stewardship instead of ownership. They do not own the land but we are guided by nature itself to maintain the land in a way that will be good for all of humanity, said Dr Meghna Guhathakurta, advisor, International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission.