Doomdooma, Sept 30 : Even as World Tourism Day was celebrated across the globe, the event in Tinsukia turned into a sharp critique of government policies, with leading intellectuals and environmentalists accusing the State government of being the root cause of ecological destruction in Assam.

The programme, organised by the Lihiri Eco Club under the supervision of the district administration at the Bishnu-Jyoti Sangeet Mahavidyalaya in Tinsukia, featured a symposium on Causes of Destruction, Conservation and Tourism in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park. The event began with tributes to cultural icon Zubeen Garg, whose portrait was garlanded amid a candlelight homage.

Presiding over the symposium, eminent economist and academician Dr Jyotiprasad Chaliha minced no words: It is the government i

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