LICI to set up satellite office at Udalguri

UDALGURI, April 30 – The Life Corporation of India has assured in black and white to set up a satellite office of the corporation at district headquarter of Udalguri within the month of August of the current year.

The written assurance came at the moment when a delegation of Greater Udalguri Development Committee led by Sarat Chandra Basumatary and Kuber Chetry, president and vice president respectively met GS Wanwar, senior divisional manager of LICI of Guwahati Divisional Office on April 17 last and submitted a reminder of memorandum to him. After an hour long debate on the issue, the SDM of LICI agreed to set up an office of satellite type at Udalguri town within August of the current year.

The written assurance of the SDM of LICI informed that recommendation for Udalguri Satellite office was sent on June 23 last year to the chairman of the corporation and thereafter on March 8 of the current year along with seven other centers. “ In the process, six centres were sanctioned by our higher office, two were left out for reason known to us. In the meanwhile, in the meeting held on April 12 last at Kolkata, we have raised the issue for non approval of two other satellite offices, which included Udalguri despite it being a district head quarter. In the said meeting, we were then informed that a satellite office would be sanctioned in the second round of process of approval for the same.’’ The letter of SDM, LICI, Guwahati division addressed to the Greater Udalguri Development Committee contained.

Talking to this correspondent, Sarat Ch. Basumatary, president of Greater Udalguri Development Committee said that the organisation had been demanding a branch office of the corporation since 2005 at Udalguri town as it is the district head quarter of Udalguri district and has a business transaction of over Rs. 1.75 crore every year with the corporation. The GUDC had been putting tremendous pressure on LICI to set up a branch office since 2005. ‘We are now grateful to the LICI for its effort to understand the worries of people related to the corporation.’, he added.

It may to be noted that the people of Udalguri area had been demanding a branch office of the Life Insurance Corporation of India at Udalguri since 2005 as Udalguri town fulfilled almost all the norms for opening a branch office of the corporation.

Meanwhile, the people of Udalguri town having their business relation with the corporation expressed their happiness over the latest development and thanked the GUDC for its effective role to bring an LICI office to Udalguri town. Earlier, the customers of LICI from Udalguri and Rowta area had to go to Mangaldai office of the corporation to pay their premium which proved inconvenience.

BPPF concern: The Bodoland People’s Progressive Front (BPPF) headed by Rabiram Narzary expressed deep concern over the attack on the life of Nabin Swargiary alias Thaijou of Doulchuba village under Bhergaon outpost in Udalguri district at his residence on April 19.

Condemning the attack, Prodeep Kumar Daimari, ex-deputy chief of earstwhile BAC and vice president of the political organisation in a press statement said that the attack was carried out by the activists of youth wing of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) led by Hagrama Mohilary, the chief of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).