Guwahati, March 23 -- Assam Minister of Barak Valley Development Department Kaushik Rai on Sunday said that the construction works of the Barak Valley Secretariat will be completed by October-November this year and Rs 100 crores have been allocated to the Department in the Budget.

"The Assam government has started efforts to develop Barak Valley. Rs 100 crores have been allocated to the Barak Valley Development Department in the budget. Earlier, work was started on the Barak Valley Mini Secretariat. Now, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has decided that it will be known as the Barak Valley Secretariat. We will begin its work in October-November," Kaushik Rai told ANI.

In a bid to decentralise governance, last year the Assam government had started...