India, Feb. 12 -- Union home minister Amit Shah will travel to a village near the India-Bangladesh border on February 21 to attend an event under the Centre's Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) in Assam's Cachar district, Assam minister Kaushik Rai said on Thursday.

"Shah is expected to reach Assam on February 20 and will arrive at Natanpur village near the international border the next morning," he said.

Rai, along with Cachar district commissioner Ayush Garg and officers of the Border Security Force (BSF) and police, visited Natanpur village to review preparations.

The minister said VVP aims to comprehensively develop strategic villages along the country's borders with neighbouring countries, focusing on livelihood generation, tourism ...