15 mobile vaccination vans flagged off in Assam
Guwahati: Assam government flagged off 15 mobile vaccination vans on Wednesday to be pressed into service for the districts of Kokrajhar,
Baksa and Bajali to target the residents who are yet to be vaccinated against the Covid-19. These vaccination vans are expected
to provide vaccination services at the door step of targeted population in various western Assam localities.
State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also opened a vaccination centre at the premises of inter-State bus terminus in
Betkuchi area of the city. The vaccination centre is designed to bring the unvaccinated passengers under total vaccination initiatives
following the re-opening of inter-district and inter-State transportation services as infection reduces in the State.
CM Sarma commented that 1.91 crore people (out of three crore plus population) were covered under the vaccination process, where 1.5
crore persons received their first dose of corona vaccines. In presence of State health & family welfare minister Keshab Mahanta,
urban development minister Ashok Singhal along with other dignitaries, Sarma expected that all the eligible citizens can be brought under the
vaccination coverage by 30 October. Earlier, the saffron leader declared that the government was planning
to implement Mission Basundhara from 2 October under which many public services including the updating of land records online, land mutation,
conversion etc have been ensured. A preliminary meeting was organised to discuss bottlenecks and infrastructural problems, manpower,
internet services in fringe areas, etc. Attending the State level conference of additional deputy commissioners (revenue), circle officers and circle officers
(attached) in the city recently, Sarma assured that all possible supports would be provided to the concerned officers to implement the
scheme in a time-bound manner. Saying that the government was targeting to facilitate the common public to get their land related works done without coming to circle
offices, Sarma stated that the mission would fast-track the process of conversion of nearly four lakh ek-sonia into myadi-patta lands.
“People will be able to apply online for land mutation, updating of land records etc along with registering their grievances online. Mission Basundhara will fast-track the disposal of such cases barring those with objections,” said Sarma adding that conducting of survey of non-cadastral villages is one of the prime objectives of the mission.
Emphasising on the complete digitisation of land records in Assam by December 2023, Sarma commented that middlemen must be eliminated from
the system. In presence of State revenue minister Jogen Mohan, chief secretary Jishnu Baruah and other responsible officers, Sarma made it
clear that Mission Basundhara would make the functioning of circle offices clean and the public would get their land related works
without hassles.
