Noting the importance of rivers and their rejuvenation, vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu has asked the Centre and the to include lessons on the importance of water conservation in school curricula.
Naidu, who arrived in Guwahati on Sunday on a tour of the northeast, began his trip by inaugurating the Heritage-cum-Cultural Centre on the banks of river Brahmaputra here that once used to be the base camp of the Ahom Army that resisted the Mughals from entering vast parts of Assam in the 1671 battle of Saraighat. The Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre was inaugurated in the presence of governor Jagdish Mukhi, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other dignitaries at Panbazar.
Naidu noted the legacy of the hillock in the heart of Guwahati city where the heritage centre is located as it was the base camp of the all-powerful Ahom general, Lachit Borphukan. Later, Naidu inaugurated the northeasts first-of-its-kind PET-MRI wing at the State Cancer Institute in Gauhati Medical College Hospital. He said the medical profession should be taken as a mission and not for commission. Do it with passion for the sake of the nation, he urged the medical Fraternity.
Chief minister Sarma said the PET-MRI wing will greatly augment cancer treatment in the region. Set up with a total project cost of Rs 62 crore, this has been Indias fourth such PET-MRI machine installed at a government hospital equipped with time of flight tech.