In a two-day visit to Dhubri district, Director General of North East Centre For Technology Application and Reach (Nectar), Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma inspected various production units including Asharikandi Terracotta cluster villages near Gauripuri on November 21 and 22.

 Nectar is an autonomous body of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India providing techno know-how to upgrade the product with value addition by applying environment friendly plasma technology.

 Dr. Sarma also held series of meeting with the entrepreneurs and exchanged views with artisans involved in making traditional and indigenous items but unable to compete in the market due to high cost of production.