Meanwhile, a meeting the Sattra Preservation Committee held recently under the presidentship of C K Das, who is also the Chairman of the Assam Administrative Tribunal, decided to pursue the proposals submitted to the Government of India by the State Government on the preservation of the sattra institutions.

The proposals prepared by the Archaeology Directorate are now learnt to have been lying with the Planning Commission of India for its approval. The meeting of the Sattra Preservation Committee decided to send the officers concerned to pursue the matter with the Union Government and the Planning Commission.

The Archaeology Directorate prepared the project proposals for preservation and development of 135 sattras with an estimated cost of Rs 96.56 crore. The Directorate has been appointed the nodal agency for preservation of the sattra institutions. Altogether 862 sattras had applied for assistance for preservation and development of their institutions.

The Directorate conducted a survey of these sattras. But it could not find out 38 of the applicant sattras. The Preservation Committee hence decided to publish newspaper advertisements inviting the left out sattras to contact the Directorate for conduction of the survey, said sources in the Archaeology Directorate.

The meeting of the Committee also laid emphasis on setting the criteria for preparation of the project proposals now on for the preservation of the sattra institutions.

Director of Cultural Affairs, Joint Secretary, Department of Cultural Affairs, president and secretary of the Asom Sattra Mahasabha, Sattradhikars of Natun Kamalabari Sattra, Dinjoy Sattra and Kopahtoli Sattra and Direcrtor, Archaeology, among others, attended the meeting

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