GUWAHATI: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that there is a conspiracy going on to tarnish the image of Assam tea, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asserted that the state government and lakhs of people associated with the industry will remain strictly vigilant and would leave no stone unturned to foil the conspiracy hatched against the world famous brew.
The Chief Minister made this assertion while distributing land pattas to 471 small tea growers of Dibrugarh district and laying the foundation stone for a district science centre in a programme held at Khanikar in Dibrugarh today.
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Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his speech at the public meeting held at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district on Sunday, made a statement that a conspiracy at international level has been hatched to malign the image of Assam tea.
CM Sonowal said that the state government would never allow any vested interest groups to succeed in their devilish design.
The Chief Minister further added that by providing land pattas to 471 small tea growers of Dibrugarh district, the government established their rights over the land of an area measuring 2778 bighas.
He said that the small tea growers realized the potential of the field very late and took up cultivation of tea approximately after 160 years of discovery of tea in Assam.
The Chief Minister further assured to positively look into the issues raised by the small tea growers including survey of land of small tea growers, timely supply of fertilizers, promoting use of organic fertilizer, exposure tour for small tea growers etc.
