Dhemaji which at one point of time was an important township. I say with a heavy heart and felt for the people who are so bereft of basic need of life in contact to their compatriots in the rest of the world. I wonder why does this place remains so neglected till today when so many prominent personalities, eminent writers, journalists, doctors, top government officials, politicians, educationalists can trace their roots from this area.
2008 Budget: There is hardly anything of significance mentioned in the key sectors like Agriculture, Handloom & Sericulture, Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Forest conservation, Environment, Science & Technology, Guwahati Development etc.
Although the Budget shows a divert to growth in a balanced manner, it falls short of specific strategy to reduce unemployment which is perhaps the largest problem. We wonder how we going to meet the unprecedented order of deficit. The debt burden which currently runs at amount Rs 20, 000 crores will therefore expectedly go still higher in the coming fiscal.
Recent Budget for the fiscal 2008 - 2009 is more or less soft and people friendly and in conformity with guide posts of the election oriented Union Budget. It contains enough material on tax - expenditure policy to a higher growth path in his endeavour to narrow down its distance from the national economy.
CM has taken the right steps to grant for school infrastructure provided each institution get the same amount of grant. Such grants should always be need based and not ad-hoc type with populist connotations!. Because the absence of infrastructure is certainly not the same in the 429 provicialized high / higher secondary schools or all the girl's schools set up 75 years back. Again there seem to be no concern of the state govt. for enterprise building by local enterpreneurs of the state. It is quite understandable while preparing the budget concerning tax - sops proposals creation of some new posts, colleges and universities, constitution of development councils to six ethnic groups which have been on war path or grant of ST status, special packages to the tea tribes and minoritiesand the next parlimentary elections must have played a decisive role. The Budget for 'Aam Aadmi' remains to be seen as other than committing to implement the centrally sponsored rural developmemt schemes which are funded Centrally with a small State share no state government schemes of any reckening have been announced.
Asseration of ones identity would appear quite natural, especially in societies where primordial loyalities have dominant say over one's world view. Social movement have their foundations among people who feels deprived of soom good (s) or resource (s)
The decision of Govt. to set up a 3 more new medical colleges in Jorhat, Barpeta and Kokrajhar is a very good head start. Similarly an Engineering college with newer branches of engineering is a high pirority.
Dhemaji being geo-graphically disadvantaged, economically backward, having high rural and tribal population, absence of high technical institution should be the criteria to select it for awarding an opportunity to complete with progressive cities. It seems everything gone out of the window. Situated in a small corner of the state Dhemaji comes to limelight due to control miseries caused by flood every year. For uniform development of Assam in particular and of the county in general, no part of the county should be considered 'remote'.
Assam has only 3 Engineering college. Even after 60 years of independence, the north bank of Brahmaputra lacks any higher educational institute apart from Tezpur university. Professional institutes have a great role to play in the overall development of the society. An engineering college at Dhemaji could have designed to cater to local needs and face local challenges particularly those of Lakhimpur districts of Assam and neighbouring state of Arunachal Pradesh and in these backward areas. Better way for further development, infrastructure, attracting industries only then the 'backward area' and 'no communication' syndrome will disappear from the geo-graphical map.
This shortfall leads to deprivation of deserving candidates by forcing them to keep away from persuing higher education.
It is very sad that Dhemaji has been once again ignored in the recent Budget. May be it is truly a forgotten district?
PermalinkSubmitted by priya on Mon, 24/03/2008 - 03:17
State govt treats Budget preparation as a major burden as they have no idea on it. So they have no control on it. So a few govt babus prepares it with their own calculations heavily influenced by private parties. Political representatives from various locations have no idea how budgets are prepared. Common people's aspiration & demands not honoured.
ULFA steps up strikes a week before its foundation day. A BSF man was injured when ULFA militants ambushed a patrol party in Goalpara district of Assam on Friday.
The ambush took place at Dudhnoi in the evening. The patrol party was attacked by the anti-talk faction of ULFA while on the way to the BSF camp. The injured BSF man was shifted to the Goalpara Civil Hospital.
Assam seems to have improved on a few vital fronts. According to the provisional census data released in Guwahati on Friday, 44.1% of households avail banking services, as against 20.5% as reported in the previous Census. In the rural areas, 38.3 % people avail banking services and figure in urban areas is over 75%.
Over 66 percent of households resided in homes having walls made of grass, thatch or bamboo. But, 74.2% houses had roofs made of GI, metal or asbestos sheets.
For 37.1 % households electricity was the main source of lighting, up from 25 % in 2001 Census. But kerosene remained the major source of light for 61.8 % households and 0.8% were using solar power.
Only 54.8% of...
The month long Assam Assembly’s budget session adjourned sine die on Friday a day after Speaker Pranab Gogoi met the Opposition party members to end the stalemate.
The opposition members joined the House proceedings as soon as the question hour began at 9 in the morning where panchayat and rural development minister Rockybul Hussain replied to the questions posed by the members.
The Assam police accountability commission has tabled its report on the floor on the last day of the session which began on March 1.
The Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA) has raised voices for more dignified space for working journalists on duty to cover the proceedings of State Legislative Assembly at Dispur. Submitting a memorandum to Pranab Gogoi, Speaker, Assam Assembly today (March 31, 2012), the organization argues that the journalists, photo-journalists and camera persons belonged to both print and television media have increased their number in recent years and often it is observed that ‘the assigned media persons have to cover the Assembly sessions’ with lot of difficulties due to ‘non-availability of any specified space for them inside the Assembly campus’.
The forum urges for a...
For the third consecutive day, the Opposition parties continue to boycott the proceedings in the Assam Assembly. But the House proceedings are going on in the absence of the Opposition members.
The House proceeding began at 9 in the morning. But the Opposition members staged silent demonstration outside the House demanding withdrawal of “unparliamentary” word slammed against AIUDF members by Speaker Pranab Gogoi.
The 500 hour long economic blockade continues to disrupt movement of traffic between Assam and Meghalaya through Boko for the second consecutive day.
Convened by a number local organizations, hundreds of protesters blocked Hahim where hundreds of coal laden trucks are remaining stranded.
The protestors alleged that the neighbouring state has been trying to occupy Langpih in view of its rich natural resources.
The Income Tax department continues to conduct raid on a section of private nursing hospitals across the state. Senior IT officials conducted raids at Aditya Hospitals in Dibrugarh and Sivasagar on Thursday morning.
Notably, they conducted similar raids at the GNRC Hospitals in Guwahati on Wednesday. The raid began at 2-30 in the afternoon and continued till midnight.
Good news for Assam. The state would soon have representation in the Supreme Court.
A panel of judges set up to recommend Supreme Court judge has recommended Justice Ranjan Gogoi’s name as judge in the country’s apex court.
Justice Gogoi, the son of former Assam Chief Minister Keshab Gogoi is now in a stint as Chief Justice with Punjab and Haryana High Court has been recommended by the Collegium of Judges — headed by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia — for elevation to the Supreme Court.
Justice Gogoi, who became a permanent judge of the Gauhati High Court on February 28, 2001, was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on September 9, 2010. He...
The newly raised HQ 22 Sector Assam Rifles symbolically unfurled its flag at Haflong Assam Rifles garrison. The flag was hoisted by the DIG, Brig Gajinder Singh, the first Commander of the newly raised Sector in the presence of Addl DIG, Col R Nair, Officers, JCOs, WO s and other ranks of the Sector HQ.
Speaking to the media, Brig Gajinder Singh said that the newly raised Sector HQ would shortly take over the responsibility of Dima Hasao Dist. He emphasized that HQ 22 Sector Assam Rifles would work in close cooperation with the Autonomous Council, civil administration, Assam Police, and the media for creating a safe and secure environment for the people of Dima Hasao district. He...
Three city based journalists have been selected for the next GNRC Media Fellowship programme, who are expected to start their activities from early next month. Selected fellows namely Nituparna Rajbongshi (Asomiya Pratidin), Prafulla Kumar Das (Ajir Dainik Batori) and Azhar Alam (Pratah Khabar) will study and report about the healthcare facilities and its accessibility to common people in northeast India. “We are planning to start the fellowship program from the first week of April. The selected fellows will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 10,000 /- each for three months,” informed Dr NC Bora, CMD of GNRC Hospitals. The GNRC Media Fellowship programme is run by the management...
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