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Social worker awarded at Sivasagar

Youth leader, president of Probah and General Secretary of Nazira Block Congress, Debobrata Saikia selected as the best social worker of Sivasagar district. He was awarded by Deputy Commissioner of Sivasagar in the Independence Day Function at Sivasagar. Saikia engaged himself for socio-economic development of in the last several years.

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