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Guwahati city to deck up prior to Global Investors’ Summit

| | Jan 22, 2018, at 03:22 am

Guwahati, Jan 21 (IBNS) : In a bid to make the first ever Global Investors’ Summit to be held at Guwahati on Feb 3 and 4 successful, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked all the officers and other agencies directly or indirectly associated with organising the summit to gear up and make all possible efforts.           

Chairing a review meeting held at the Brahmaputra State Guest House in the city on Sunday evening, Sonowal asked the officers to identify the critical areas and beautify the city.

He also asked GMDA, Tourism Department to deck up the streets of Guwahati with decorating lights. Accordingly, the NH from Jalukbari to Khanapra will be illuminated. Moreover, State PWD Roads inside the city will also be decked up with decorating lights.

Sonowal requested the Railways to decorate Saraighat Bridge as well as Guwahati and Kamakhya Station.          

Moreover, the Tourism Department will also beautify the Kamakhya Temple, Umananda Temple with lights and set up kiosks to help the investors who will be coming to Guwahati during the two days.

He asked the PWD to use bamboo as a value addition to beautify the main entry points of the city. Moreover, the department has also been asked to do the landscaping of the important areas of the city.

Sonowal also asked the department to involve local contractors for these works.

He stressed that all the concerned departments to work in sync to showcase Guwahati as a beautiful city teeming with immense potentials.          

Moreover, Sonowal also sincerely appealed to everybody to extend all possible help to make the Global Investors’ Summit a success.

Chief Secretary VK Pipersenia, Chief Minister’s Media and Legal Adviser HrishikeshGoswami and Shantanu Bharali, Special DGP KuladharSaikia, Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Sanjay Lohiya and several senior officers from civil and police administration were present at the meeting.

 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

 

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