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Central team visits Raha

By Dibya J Borthakur |

A health ministry team visited Raha on Monday to study the locational feasibility of the proposed AIIMS hospital. 

The team comprising B L Camaria, Monoj Bajpayee inspected the site and talked to a few officers a day after a team of Kamrup district administration visited another spot in Baihata. 

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