Overview

• At Kachakhana in Dhubri, the District Agriculture Office held a special programme that highlighted the Farmer Registry and felicitated more than ten progressive farmers with horticulture kits.
• Sub-Divisional Agricultural Officer Salahur Rahman urged a revival of cultural practices alongside natural, eco-friendly techniques to strengthen sustainable agriculture.
• In Boko’s Baniyavitha village, officials ran an awareness meeting where SD Agricultural Officer Gautam Roy Choudhury briefed residents on departmental schemes and pulse and legume cultivation.
• Communities observed customary Kati Bihu rituals including Tulsi worship, lighting earthen lamps in paddy fields, naam-prasanga, and floating Akash Bontis.
• Several ceremonies featured tributes to the late artist Zubeen Garg, while the day also coincided with Dhanteras, which saw restrained big-ticket purchases as gold and silver prices remained high.