dibrugarh union minister for ports shipping and waterways and ayush sarbananda sonowal visited the 12th dibrugarh book fair on sundaythe fair is being organised by the dibrugarh milan jyoti sangha in association with the all assam book publishers and sellers association the fair which began on november 26 will end on december 7 the union minister visited the stalls and interacted with booklovers and visitors to the fair speaking to mediapersons on the occasion sonowal said books bind together communities languages and open the vistas of knowledge for all i hope this book fair will attract more people towards reading and make the young generation open their minds to the vast vistas of knowledge that literature opens up the union minister said sonowal also attended the first biennial session of sonowal kachari sahitya sabha in dibrugarh and ceremonially released 50 books on the occasionaddressing the people he said since its inception the sonowal kachari sahitya sabha has played a strong role in the development and spread of assamese and indigenous literatures language and literature enrich communities and give life to their culture to preserve the existence of our indigenous languages and literature their daily use and dissemination is essential i call upon the sonowal kachari sahitya sabha to work in a united manner towards that aim among those who were present at the event included speaker of assam legislative assembly biswajit daimary sonowal kachari autonomous council chief executive member dipu ranjan makrari atdc chairman rituparna baruah and skss president guneswar sonowal