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=> Assam government has decided to confer the 'Asom Baibhav Award', state’s highest civilian award, to industrialist Ratan Tata.

=> Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma told media persons Ratan Tata has enormously contributed to the Cancer treatment in Assam.

=> The CM also announced two more civilian awards billed ‘Asom Saurav’ and ‘Asom Gaurav’.

=> Through these awards we will recognise the unsung heroes of the State.

The Tata Trust, in collaboration with the Assam government, had decided to set up 19 cancer care units during the ‘Advantage Assam – Global Investment Summit’ in 2018 and an MoU had been signed between the Assam government and Tata Trusts. The hospitals were to be set up on a three-tier system and constructed under the divisions L1, L2 and L3, which signified the standard of care that would be provided by them. Ratan Tata had laid the foundation stone for the cancer care units in the state.

By: ASRAF UDDIN AHMED