A team comprising seven senior Central government officials will visit Assam today to assess relief and rehabilitation requirements of violence-affected people. The inter-ministerial delegation of Joint Secretaries will visit Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Chirang and Baksa districts and see the steps being taken for relief and rehabilitation of those affected during the recent violence. Apart from Joint Secretary (Northeast) in the Home Ministry Shambhu Singh and Joint Secretary (Disaster Management) R K Srivastava, the other officers belong to the

Ministries of Health, Rural Development, Food, Department of Drinking Water and Planning Commission.

The team will hold meetings with state government officials and take stock of the plans being chalked out to implement the 300-crore rupees relief package announced by Prime Minister for violence affected people. Dr Manmohan Singh had announced the package during his visit to some violence-hit areas.

The officials also held a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth last evening which was also attended by Home Secretary RK Singh.