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Red Ribbon Express arrives in Nagaon

To provide awareness among the people both urban & rural population of our country , the Red Ribbon Express project was developed . The concept of the project was to provide knowledge, precautions to the public to fight against AIDS . The Red Ribbon Express train arrived at Chaparmukh junction in Nagaon district Saturday which will halt here for 3 days. The exhibition door of the Red Ribbon Express train was inaugurated by Assam Forest & Tourism minister Rockybul Hussain. The other guests who graced the occasion were Deputy Comissioner of Nagaon Manish Thakur, SP of Nagaon Nitul Gogoi, Additional DRM (NF Railway) Satish Kothari, Chairperson of Nagaon Zilla Parishad Sabitri Saikia. The exhibition is open for 3 days in which the people can get required knowledge regarding HIV/AIDS.

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