Guwahati: The Assam Cabinet has decided to appoint Simu Das, a member of the Indian team that won the Women’s T20 Blind World Cup, as a physical instructor under the Directorate of Sports and Youth Welfare, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Das, who hails from Nagaon district, played a pivotal role in India’s triumph at the recently concluded Blind Women’s T20 World Cup in Colombo. She scored 86 runs and claimed a crucial wicket in the final against Nepal, earning the Player of the Match award for her all-round performance.
Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Sarma said the government also approved the allotment of land required for the Ammonia-Urea Project, the foundation stone of which will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 21.
The Cabinet further sanctioned the release of Rs 250 crore to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) under the state-owned Priority Development Fund (Rural) for the 2025–26 financial year.
In a move aimed at biodiversity conservation, the Cabinet approved the declaration of Kumari Beel (270 hectares) and Dhamar Beel (337 hectares), both located in Goalpara district, as Proposed Reserved Forests under the Assam Forest Regulation, 1891.
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The cabinet also cleared the transfer of 607 bighas of government land at Kareng Chapori in Dhemaji district for the construction of a new Group Centre of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
Additionally, the Cabinet approved land allotment to 308 families under Mission Basundhara, the Chief Minister said.
