Excellent. Please include my name in the list (Hiren Sarma, Houston, USA) Hiren sarma On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, 1:07:37 AM EDT, Nava Thakuria [email protected] [FriendsofAssamNE] <[email protected]> wrote:This message is eligible for Automatic Cleanup! ([email protected]) Add cleanup rule | More info
Dear friends and well-wishers,We are releasing the news item today at alternate media. Doyou endorse it? Should I put your name at the bottom?Regards,Nava Thakuria,GuwahatiM-9864044917 PPFA advocates Dhola-Sadiya bridge to be named after Bhupen HazarikaGuwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) advocatesthe Dhola-Sadiya bridge over Lohit, a major tributary of Brahmaputra river, tobe named after Dr Bhupen Hazarika. The9.16 km bridge, connecting Assam with Arunachal Pradesh, is scheduled to beinaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 May.Termed as India’s longest bridge, constructed with rupees 950 crore budget, is expected to change the lives of thousands familiesin northeast India. Moreover, it is understood to fulfill a vital requirementin terms of India’s defence perspectiveas it is only 100 km away from the McMahon Line separating India with Tibet(now occupied by China).The locality in southern Arunachal was also occupied by theaggressive Chinese forces along with few areas of Assam in 1962 Indo-China warbefore they were chased away by New Delhi with the help of the then nuclearpower America’s inherent support.“Dr Hazarika visitedthe Kameng locality soon after the Chinese aggression and created his eternalsong ‘Aji Kameng Simanta Dekhilo-----’ to pay homage to the soldiers whosacrificed their lives in the war. The legendary musician with an immortalvoice also proposed for an energetic and watchful force at the border withChina,” said a statement issued by PPFA.The forum also argued that Bhupen da (as millions of Dr Hazarika’s fans prefer to call him) was bornat Sadiya and he made the first film titled ‘Meri Dharam Meri Maa’ of thefrontier State. The cultural icon can be identified as a man of assimilationwho connected various big & small communities of the region like a goldenthread.The PPFA urged both the governments at Dispur and New Delhito review various aspects while naming the bridge in far eastern part of thecountry and finally appealed to the people of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh tocome out with an aim to take the opportunity to honour a legend of our time.Endorsed by Rupam Barua, Natwar Thakkar, Nava Thakuria, Jagadinra Raichoudhury, Pramod Kalita, AnupSarma, Zakir Hussain, Pradip Kumar Sarma, Nayan Jyoti Baruah, Hiranya KumarBarman, Sabyasachi Sharma, Digonta Buragohain, Utpal Mena, Bhuban Saikia, RaselHussain, Kabita Bharali Moni, Dayal Krishna Nath, Anjana Dutta, Ranjita Rabha, Purabi Baruah, Hemanta Nath,Partha Sarathi Das, Gargi Talukdar, Sampriti Saikia, Indranil Kalita, MonalisaMahanta, Upananda Kataki, Tarali Chakrabarty, Azlina Khanam, Ghameswar Kalita,Samya Bharadwaj, Barnali Kalita etc
