Guwahati, Aug 22 NNN: Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has been requested by the Tarun Gogoi government to provide ‘back-to-work’ special trains to take back the people of north east who had fled their work places.
Reports said the NFR is said to have agreed to the request of the Assam government. The trains of the ‘back-to-work’ from Guwahati to Bangalore and Hyderabad may start operating from early next month or even by the end of this month but depends on the situation.
At the moment there are already three trains are operating every week from Guwahati to Bangalore and two to Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi said the strategies for the returning of normalcy be implemented immediately. Sending back those fled villagers from the relief camps is one among the strategies. Tarun Gogoi also said the role of civil society organisations at this juncture is very much needed. He appeals all the concerned groups to shed their differences aside and start working for ushering in normalcy in the state.
On Agust 17, the Tarun Gogoi government had come up with a strategy to douse the communal flare up in Assam.
An emergency meeting of all the political parties and their affiliates was convened.
Though there were some differences cropped up during the meeting, it was decided that the state government will send a team consisting of all the parties representatibves to the affected areas especially in Kokrajhar district. However, it was not known when the all-party mission will set out its mission to douse the flare up.
During the meeting, differences cropped up with some of them seeking to shut out Bangladeshis from the rehabilitation process while the other favoured rehabilitation first and identification of foreigners later.
However, at the end of the meeting it resolved to send out a team to quell the tension.
It can be noted that on August 13, while visiting the ethnic clash hit places of Assam today, Sonia Gandhi said Tarun Gogoi had handled the crisis efficently. She had said the state government of Assam under the leadership of Tarun Gogoi had done what needed to be done by any government. However, Sonia Gandhi stated that she had asked the Assam government to see that no such riot occurs again.
Sonia Gandhi’s visit was joined by Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and chief minister Tarun Gogoi in that visit.
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