ACA delegation meets Assam CM, talks on building additional parking facility in Barsapara
A delegation of Assam Cricket Association comprising Romen Dutta, President, Assam Cricket Association, Devajit Saikia, Secretary, Assam Cricket Association; Porikshit Dutta, Vice-President, Assam Cricket Association and other ACA officials today paid a courtesy visit to the Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma and extended heartiest wishes to him on the occasion of New Year 2022.
During the meeting, the delegation apprised the Chief Minister of Assam of the various activities undertaken by the Assam Cricket Association including its various tournaments and the cricket-infrastructural projects, and also thanked the Hon’ble Chief Minister for guiding and generously supporting Assam Cricket Association in its activities.
The ACA delegation thanked the Chief Minister for allotting a plot of land at Barhampur, Nagaon for the development of cricket in that area, besides expressing gratitude for the recent Cabinet decision to allot 25 bighas of land to Assam Cricket Association at Satra Baradi village under Barpeta Revenue Circle for the development of cricket infrastructure.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was, at the same time, apprised of the plan of Assam Cricket Association to build an additional parking facility and a revenue-generating commercial complex on the 11 acres of land recently allotted to Assam Cricket Association adjacent to the ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati by the Government of Assam.
The ACA delegation also expressed its gratitude to the CM for accepting the position of the ‘President’ of the ’91 Yards Club’ – a state-of-the-art club built by Assam Cricket Association in a bid to bring back the former cricketers and officials associated with Assam Cricket Association to the thick of things, and accordingly use their experience for the progress of the game of Cricket.
Himanta Biswa Sarma, during the meeting, also accepted the invitation of Assam Cricket Association to inaugurate the newly constructed gymnasium and the lawn adjacent to it in the premises of the ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati as well as to lay the foundation stone of the parking facility to be developed at the recently allotted plot adjacent to the ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati in the first week of February, 2022.