Assam govt. to organize Brahmaputra festival in March next year
The proposed five-day festival is scheduled to be held in the last part of March next year.
State Transport Minister and officials of IWT Department on Monday briefed Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal about the vision and proposed plan of the festival.
The Assam CM stressed on the need to focus the rich civilization and its potential to the entire world through this festival and said that the riverine people used to have an emotional bonding with the Brahmaputra, which has gradually been weakening.
“This festival should create an environment for reconnecting the people with their roots and rejuvenate the Brahmaputra civilization,” Sonowal said.
“This mega festival which will simultaneously be held at different locations on the bank of river Brahmaputra starting from Sadia to Dhubri will focus on Assam’s culture, trade and tourism potentials and act as an elixir to promote harmony and brotherhood amongst all communities of the state,” Sonowal said.
The Assam CM further directed the concerned officials to finalize modalities for branding Assam as a sought after tourist destination through this festival and to reach out to all domestic and foreign tourists by devising a comprehensive plan for the festival.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath,Image: Wikimedia Commons)
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