GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister, Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday said that consequent upon the bilateral talks with Bhutan, the Druk Airlines will start its flight operation between Guwahati and Paro via Singapore from September 1.
Acknowledging the role played by tea communities towards the growth of state’s economy, Chief Minister Sonowal said that the aroma of Assam Tea would not have reached world-wide without the contributions of the tea garden workers.
Sonowal was speaking after distributing Lokanayak Omeo Kumar Das Memorial Meritorious Award to meritorious students belonging to tea community and tea garden areas in recognition to their good results in the High School Leaving Certificate Examinations (HSLC) in Assam at a function held at ITA Centre of Performing Arts in Machkhowa here. The awards contained cash reward, citation and dictionary and were given to meritorious students belonging to three categories namely worker category, sub-staff category and staff category.
Organised by Assam Tea Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, the programme was an attempt to recognise the good results of the students belonging to tea garden areas and to motivate them in their further studies.
Chief Minister Sonowal said, “Education is the tool through which society experiences paradigm shift to ensure quality of life. Ever since the present dispensation in the state has come to power, the government has attached utmost importance to the development of education especially in the tea garden areas”.
He also said, “Giving quality education to the students of tea garden areas is the fundamental duty of our government. Attempts are being made through the programmes like Digital India, Make in India, start up India for the empowerment tea community in the state”.
