2015 will be year of challenges: Tarun Gogoi

Gogoi also admitted that there were many problems in the state. “We also experienced a massive flood that left a trail of devastation across the state. Most importantly, repercussions of the violent attacks on certain communities and ethnic groups will continue to remain in the New Year,” he said.

The chief minister also expressed concern over large number of children suffering from severe mental trauma in the violence-affected districts of the state. “Children and women have been the worst victims of these incidents of senseless violence. Thousands of them are lodged in relief camps. We will have to do something extra, especially for the violence-affected children,” Gogoi said.

Meanwhile, over 8,800 persons left the relief camps for their homes in the four violence-affected districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Sonitpur and Udalguri today. An official press release said there were still over 2.36 lakh persons lodged in 118 relief camps today. The district-wise break-up is: Kokrajhar – 1,97,189 inmates in 81 relief camps; Chirang – 29,746 inmates in 23 relief camps; Sonitpur – 5,822 inmates in 6 relief camps; and Udalguri – 3,592 inmates in 8 relief camps.