Agartala, Dec 20, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala Dec 20: Stressing on the need for positive use of science and technology Deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Varma on Tuesday said that the Science City in Agartala is all set for inauguration.

“The Science city in Agartala will showcase the scientific developments across the world and at the same time encourage the next generation”, said Deputy Chief Minister while talking to the reporters.

On being asked about the inauguration, Dev Varma said, “The CPI-M government had left it abandoned after completion of only 30% work. There was no money for completion of the project any further”.

“Assuming the charge, I urged for sanction of funds for the building as well as the exhibit”, he added.

The deputy chief minister said that four galleries of the Science City are ready to be inaugurated for the people of the state.

Jishnu Dev Varma further said that the present central government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken many projects to encourage the scientific fraternity of the country.

Later in the day, the deputy chief minister also met Opposition leader Manik Sarkar’s wife Panchali Bhattacharjee who is undergoing treatment at the GB Hospital, Agartala.

He said, “It is a part of my responsibility and apart from politics we have a personal relation too".