A central team of seven senior officials is visiting Assam tomorrow 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 between Bodos and immigrant minorities.
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 rupee relief package announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for violence-hit survivors.
Dr. Singh had announced the package during his visit to some violence-hit areas.
The officials also held a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth this evening which was also attended by Union Home Secretary R K Singh.
No untoward incident has been reported in the violence hit in the last 48 hours. Despite the violence in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts and Dhubri and departure of thousands of people from other states, could not dampen the spirits of Id-Ul-Fitr.
Thousands of Muslims joined the special prayers in violence hit areas. Special foods were served in the relief camps. Clothes were also distributed among the inmates by the district administration. People from other communities are also seen busy with hugging and embracing each other with all truthfulness.
In the violence hit areas people from Assamese, Bodo, Bengali and Rabha communities made arrangements for their Muslim brothers. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi also attended Id prayer at Mashkhowa Idgah in Guwahati.