Central team to visit Majuli next week

A central team is all set to visit Majuli next week to review the steps to check erosion in Majuli.

According to information, Union water resources minister Saifuddin Soz and culture minister Ambika Soni will be there in the high level team.

The the ministers and the senior officials of various departments, including the Central Water Commission, will be talking to with state government officials during the three- day visit.

Notably, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh recently expressed concern over the erosion of the island by the Brahmaputra.

He instructed the authorities to prepare an action plan and to implement on priority basis.

Dr Singh further seeks a quarterly compliance report on the work done in this regard, report agencies.

On the other hand, addressing a press conference on Thursday in the city Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh would the visit the state in December. They would also visit Majuli.

Photo: The northern stream, Lohit of Brahmaputra. Source www.majuli.org