Union Minister of Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal, laid the foundation stone for the second Ayurvedic College of Assam and two 50 bedded Ayush hospitals at Mowamarirjhar in Kokrajhar and Silbari in Baksa. The new college will be developed with an estimated cost of Rs 70 crores. The first Ayurvedic College was established in 1948.