New Delhi, Feb 16 : Demanding speedy completion of a broad gauge line and a super highway in Cachar district, students from Assam today sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh&aposs intervention in beginning work on the projects stalled due to militancy-related problems.
Holding a demonstration in the capital, leaders of All Cachar Karimganj Hailakandi Students' Association (ACKHSA) and All Dimasa Students' Union (ADSU) said speedy completion of Silchar-Lumding Broad Gauge and Silchar-Saurashtra Super Highway would help revolutionise communication system for people of south Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur.
Later they submitted a memorandum to Singh.
Showing solidarity to their demands, MPs Kiren Rijiju ( Arunachal Pradesh) and Sansuma K Bwiswmuthiary (Assam) took part in the protest.
"I will raise the issue in Parliament as these are national projects. I will also talk to the ministers concerned for their intervention," Rijiju told the gathering.
Bwiswmuthiary demanded intervention of Singh, who is also a Rajya Sabha member from Assam, into the matter.
"The prime minister should look into the matter. The Central and state governments should provide adequate security for the projects,"he said.
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