[Assam] Renomination of Majuli for World Heritage Site by Jan 31

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Renomination of Majuli for World Heritage Site by Jan 31
By A Staff Reporter
 GUWAHATI, Dec 8 – Central Government has held discussions with the Assam Government on renomination of the river island Majuli to the UNSECO by January 31 next for inclusion of the island in the World Heritage Site list. 

Disclosing this, Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in reply to a question of Kumar Deepak Das that the World Heritage Committee of the UNESCO was expected to consider the proposal of inscription of the island on the World Heritage List at its meeting in June /July next year.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has engaged the services of consultants to collect and compile the additional information as sought by the World Heritage Committee. By this time, Assam Government has passed The Majuli Cultural Landscape Region Act, 2006 to provide for the legal protection of the island, said the Minister.

LIC zonal office: In reply to another question by Das, Union Minister of State for Finance Pawan Kumar Bansal told the Rajya Sabha the same day that the business volume of the four divisional offices of the LIC at Bongaigaon, Guwahati, Jorhat and Silchar did not warrant a separate office in the NE region.

However, the absence of a zonal office does not affect the servicing needs of the insuring public of the region. As, the needs of the policyholders, employees and agents are mainly taken care of by the branch offices and only in very few cases the matters are referred to the divisional office. 

References to zonal offices are rare and they are made mainly for administrative clarifications these references are made, said the Minister.

       
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