Assam
Assam CM Sonowal flags off ferry service between Kokilamukh and Kartik Chapori
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off a ferry service between Kokilamukh and Kartik Chapori across the Brahmaputra at a simple programme held at Kolilamukh in Jorhat district on Monday.
It may be noted that the ferry service which will be operated under the supervision of Inland Water Transport Department will also boost tourism in Molai Chapori, a Chapori which was turned into a forest and a popular tourist destination by environmentalist Jadav Payeng.
The ferry service between Kokilamukh and Kartik Chapro will touch Molai Chapori and facilitate transportation.
Speaking on the occasion, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that with the inauguration of the ferry service the long pending demand of the people of Kokilamukh and Kartik Chapori has been met.
He said that because of the absence of a regular ferry service there was no transportation network between the people living on both the banks of the river. Therefore as a result of the inauguration of a regular ferry service there would be smooth connectivity between both the banks. He also said that the ferry service would serve as a boost to the tourism potential of Molai Chapori.
Sonowal at the same time thanked Jadav Payeng for promoting Molai Chapori and turning it into a tourist attraction by transforming the barren land into a forest.
He also thanked the local people as well as the media for drawing the attention of the government to the communication bottleneck in the area.
He further reiterated State Government’s commitment to serve the people living even in the remotest part of the State and urged them to take the benefits of the government’s schemes.
MLA Bimal Bora, environmentalist Jadav Payeng, Deputy Commissioner Jorhat Roshni Aparanji Korati, Director IWT Gautam Das and a host of other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
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