May 21, 2026 06:24 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Big twist in RG Kar case! Calcutta HC orders fresh probe into evidence destruction allegations | Pulwama mastermind Hamza Burhan shot dead in PoK by unknown gunmen: Reports | NIA arrests Kolkata man for spying for Pakistan intelligence network | Cockroach Janta Party X handle withheld! Founder Abhijeet Dipke launches comeback account | Bengal govt makes Vande Mataram compulsory in all madrasas, extends school directive | RBI on alert! Interest rate hike may be coming as rupee crashes to fresh low | Big relief for Maharashtra employees! Fadnavis govt hikes DA to 60% | Twisha Sharma death mystery deepens as crucial evidence ‘not shared’ during autopsy: Report | Balcony Smiles, Colosseum Walks and ‘Melodi’ Magic: Modi-Meloni Chemistry Has The Internet Swooning Again | Big relief signal for Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam? Supreme Court questions earlier bail denial

Assam govt. to construct Uttar-Pub Sanskritik Samanway Kshetra near Bhupen Hazarika Bridge

| | May 29, 2017, at 03:38 am
Guwahati, May 28 (IBNS): In a bid to take Bhupen Hazarika’s message of peace and harmony forward as well as to showcase the rich and unique art and culture of Assam and North-East in front of the Indian and global tourists under one platform, Assam government will construct “Uttar-Pub Sanskritik Samanway Kshetra” near Bhupen Hazarika Bridge in Tinsukia district.

In a government statement, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that Bhupen Hazarika through his music popularized the art & culture of Assam and North East in India and the world. The profoundness of his thoughts and words strengthened the bond of amity amongst the people of North-East.

Sonowal stated that dedication of the bridge connecting Dhola with Sadiaghat on May 26 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the nation and naming the same after Bhupen Hazarika was a moment of pride for the people of Assam.

Terming the Bhupen Hazarika bridge as a ‘Bridge of Hope’, Sonowal mentioned that the state government’s decision to construct ‘Uttar-Pub Sanskritik Samanway Kshetra’ near the bridge will give a fillip to tourism in the state as the tourists visiting the Samanway Kshetra will be able know the art & culture of Assam as well as the North-East under one roof.

The Assam CM also hoped that the Samanway Kshetra will boost harmony amongst the people of North East.

 

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath, Image: twitter.com/MIB_India)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.