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Assam, Nov 12:<\/strong> The naming of a water supply project after Pakistan<\/strong>\u00a0in Dhemaji district Assam, inhabited by ethnic communities, has triggered a controversy forcing the state public health engineering department to remove \u2018Pakistan<\/strong>\u2019 from the nameplate.<\/p>\n

The original name, Pak Sthan Suk \u2014 meaning a location that can be reached through a winding road \u2014 has become \u2018Pakisthan Suk<\/strong>.\u2019 With this name in circulation for years, with even official documents vetting the name, the Assam PHE department named the water project \u2018Pakistan Suba (colony) Water Supply Scheme<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n

Assam PHE minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass has assured us that he would resolve the issue and take prompt action.<\/p>\n

Sub-divisional officer, Dhemaji (Sadar), Nandita Roy Gohain, who led an inspection team of officers from the district administration on Thursday, said, \u201cThe original name \u2018Pak Sthan Suk<\/strong>\u2019, over the years, somehow became \u2018Pakistan Suk<\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018Pakistan<\/strong>\u2019 was officially recorded in the documents of the PHE department<\/a><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAncestors of the present residents gave the name Pak Sthan Suk. It was an isolated land once due to the distant location, mostly inhabited by Ahom and Chutia community people. There are no Muslim villagers there<\/strong>,\u201d Gohain said.<\/p>\n

Activists of the Bir Lachit Sena erased the name Pakistan from the nameplate of the project on Wednesday. Dass had a word with Dhemaji MLA and education minister Ranoj Pegu and Jal Jeevan Mission, Assam, director, Akash Deep, considering the matter’s gravity.<\/p>\n

Gohain later said the project has been renamed Burhakuri Dakhin Suk after revenue village Burhakuri under which the area falls. \u201cThe people residing here are from OBC. There are no minorities there<\/strong>,\u201d she said. Government sources said PHE department records show that this name has been in use since 1992.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Assam, Nov 12: The naming of a water supply project after Pakistan\u00a0in Dhemaji district Assam, inhabited by ethnic communities, has triggered a controversy forcing the state public health engineering department to remove \u2018Pakistan\u2019 from the nameplate. 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