Plan to create four new DRDAs in State
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22/05/2004
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Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
The Assam State Government has submitted a proposal to the Centre proposing creation of four District Rural Development Agencies (DRDAs) in the four newly-formed districts with the objective of expediting the development process in these areas. Three of the four districts selected for the purpose are Chirang, Baska, and Udalguri falling under the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), while the fourth one is the Kamrup (Metropolitan) district. The development blocks to be included in the new DRDAs are Sidli, Chirang and Barbazar (Chirang district), Baska, Nagrijuli and Goreswar (Baska district) and Khairabari, Majbat, Udalguri, Bhargaon and Routa Chariali (Udalguri district) and Chandrapur and Dimoria (Kamrup-Metropolitan district), an official release said.