SAMBALPUR, Aug. 25 -- In order to renovate and protect the heritage property of Assamese writer Sahityarthi Lakshminath Bezbaruah at Sambalpur, the Government of Assam has agreed to bear the entire cost of the project while releasing Rs 50 lakh as the first instalment.
The Bezbaruah Kothi, now a dilapidated house on the banks of river Mahanadi in Sambalpur city where Bezbaruah had stayed from 1917 to 1932, needs total repair and maintenance.
Assam Culture Affairs Secretary Preetom Saikia has informed the Odisha Department of Culture about the latest decision of the Assam Government t hat it will bear the entire cost of renovation of the property.
Notably, when the Sambalpur district administration had made a move to demolish the property...