HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, July 1: As a gesture of the state government in expressing its gratitude and acknowledging the participants in the Mega Bihu event which created Guinness World Record, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday honoured the Bihua and Bihuwatis with citation and cash incentives at a function held at Moncotta in Dibrugarh.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that the mega Bihu event at Sarusajai Sports complex in Guwahati in the month of April which got featured in national and international media was a recognition to Bihu and the Bihua and Bihuwatis who took the dance to a greater height.
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Through the event, the culture, costume and competence of the people of Assam were promoted to the global level, he said.
The chief minister said that ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi donned Gamocha, the use of it has become widespread throughout the country.
He expressed hope that with the promotion of Bihu at the global stage, the Bihu dance will soon be as sought after as other popular dance forms across the country and the master trainers will have to travel around the country to teach Bihu to people of other regions. He also said that the government will stage Bihu in New Delhi featuring around 25 thousand Bihua and Bihuwatis.
Sarma said that with the celebration of 400th birth anniversary of Lachit Borphukan in New Delhi, there has been a new inclination among the people to know more about the patriot. He said that a book exclusively on Lachit Borphukan was published and an attempt has been made to translate the book into different regional languages.
His government will take steps to release the book in every state and introduce a lesson on Lachit Borphukan in the curriculum of other states.
The chief minister said that the proposed statue of Lachit Borphukan being installed in Jorhat once completed will become one of the three most imposing statues of the country.
The chief minister also said that in order to transform Assam into one of the most developed states, the youth power of the state will have to be utilised productively. As a part of it, the state government has made the recruitment process very transparent and accordingly appointed educated youth to government jobs. This has given Assam a new identity. To keep the future of Assam secured, the state government has also decided to plant one crore saplings on October 2, 2023. He said these plants will become commercial resources in the next five years.
Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Rameswar Teli, cultural affairs minister Bimal Bora, MLAs Prasanta Phukan, Taranga Gogoi, Vinod Hazarika, Ponakan Baruah, Chakradhar Gogoi, Terosh Gowala, Padmashree Hemoprova Chutia, and a host of other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
