Defying Supreme Court directives, Illegal coal tradings are going on in Nazira without any hindrance. Behind this illegal tradings are a section of police officials who have been aiding and abetting the dishonest traders to carry out the dirty deals in coal. The power circle has been remaining active in Lashmija, Bihubor, Gelakey along with a few other places in Nazira sub division. A number of coal depots has allegedly been running in the full knowledge of the district administration along the Assam-Nagaland border areas under the patronage of a circle of powerful politicians who have been helping police and traders. The Sivasagar district administration has banned transportation of coal beyond 10 tones by 6 wheelers and movement of 10 wheelers in the rural roads. But of no avail. No less than 300 over loaded coal trucks every day in Nazira. According to allegations, the uninterrupted movement of huge coal trucks have put the roads and bridges in dilapidated condition in the entire sub division. The local people are bound to bear the brunt. The various local organisations including the Gelakey regional unit of All Assam Muslim Youva Parishad,Tai Ahom Jatiya Gana Mancha, AJYCP etc.submitted a memorendum to the SDO ( C) of Nazira demanding measures to stop coal transportation on the Mackeypore-Lakshmijan road.These organisations further threatened to will block the road if immediate measures are not taken.
26 Dec 2015 - 7:20pm | AT News
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed its grief at the demise of two media employees on Saturday morning in an accident that took place on National highway 37 in Dergaon locality. The victims...
7 Apr 2021 - 7:52pm | AT News
The Indian branch of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) as well as International Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH) has organized an online essay competition on...
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The third special train to Bangalore is likely to leave Guwahati on Sep 20 to facilitate the return of those who had fled Bangalore and some other south Indian cities last month after rumours of...
19 Sep 2019 - 10:01pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
KOKRAJHAR: Police apprehended three persons including a government employee involved with cheating related cases from Kokrajhar town on Thursday.
According to Police, Kokrajhar and Guwahati police...
Abhijit Dulakhakhoria (30) of Namti Dupdor gaon died in a bike accident at 9 AM on Thursday in the main road of Nazira town, when he was trying to cross the road. The other rider Nipul Gogoi (26) was also seriously injured and reffered to the Assam Medical College Hospital of Dibrugarh.
Nazira Press Club observed the National Press Day at its office on Monday. Senior journalist and writer Durllav Buragohain, Bulu Chetia and ADC Dhiren Hazarika were present in the function.
Giving importance to the aspirations young writers, a new Assamese monthly magazine titled "Prothyabanor Somoi" was launched in Nazira on last Sunday. Raj Axom Laskar is the editor of the magazine.
NGOs in Sivasagar district have come down heavily on ONC’s Assam Asset for improper utilization of the Corporate social responsibility fund. A section of local NGOs moved the higher authority with this complaint seeking their intervention. They blamed a circle senior ONGC officers alleging that they have a slew of hidden interest. They have been favouring a section of unknown organisations and NGOs.
One after another scam seem to have rocked ONGC where a circle of officials and contractors have picked up the first buck. The things have gone to such an extent that a section of contractors have managed award of contract even by producing fake documents. But is it possible without the support of the ONGC officials? A recent contract triggers no less controversy in the ONGC Assam Asset office after the authority awarded it to a firm on the basis of the a set of documents which lack veracity.Identified as M/S Construction Guild the firm managed to get the contract Rs 10 crores in the name of a huge project.According to allegations, the oil giant invited tenders for its Civil...
Congressmen hit the streets in Nazira along with other parts of the state on Monday raising a number of issues confronting the people.Congress protestors in Nazira told Assam Times that the Centre has not implemented the Food Security Bill. Moreover, they said that the NDA government at the Centre has not been able to rein in the price line.Thousands of Congress workers participated in the rally and shouting slogans against the government. They further alleged the curtailment of central funds to the state government to allow the state to suffer in developmental works.aLater they submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the SDO(C) of Nazira Sub division asking him to...
Nazira erupted in massive protest a day after four miscreants, allegedly aided and abetted by a policeman, killed a driver on Friday. Local residents in the upper Assam township spilled into the roads and restricted the movement of the vehicles demanding stern action against the culprits now in police custody.The incident took place on Friday night when a gang of 4 miscreants, who are allegedly involved in the crude oil pilferage, killed an oil tanker driver, Bablu Khan. A section of local residents told Assam Times that the gang who traveled on the car owned by police ASI Hari Narayan Dutta caught Khan to be killed on the spot.The Nazira police station, however, registered a case bearing...
A six year old boy in Nazira is battling for life at the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh after he was hit by a car on which civil SDO was travelling on Friday.The incident where Abonit Sahu sustained injury took place at Nazira town in the morning when he was trying to cross the road to be hit by the car bearing No AS 04 L 0004 owned by the senior administrative officer.
Noted historian and leading citizen in Nazira Akhil Paniphukan passed away on Friday. The end of the 90 year old Paniphukan came in the wee hours at his own residence in Nazira town. He is survived by three sons and three daughters.MLA Debobrata Saikia, former minister Dr. Hemoprabha Saikia, left leader Durpod Borgohain, Nazira Press Club, Freelance Journalist Association of Nazira along with many local organizations condoled his death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
Nazira MLA Debobrata Saikia has blamed it all on the Centre for the deplorable road condition in the constituency.Talking to Assam Times, Saikia said the Hindu nationalist party-led NDA government curtailed the funds to the state which is why, the state government is not in a position to repair the roads and bridges.
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