After years of hopes and aspiration, Assam gets its Mega food park in Tihu—first of its kind in the north east.
Local people and economists called it a major boost to the food processing sector which will help the state add value and reduce food wastage.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi and Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal opened the park at a function attended by union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju and sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
Officials told Assam Times that the Centre sanctioned a Mega Food Park to M/s North East Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd in the district. The North East Mega Food Park has been set up in 50 acre of land at the cost of Rs. 76 crore.
It has facilities of fully operational industrial sheds for SMEs, developed industrial plots for lease to food processing units, Dry Warehouse of 10000 MT, Cold Storages of 3000 MT, Common Effluent Treatment plant, Quality Control Labs etc.
The common administrative building for office and other uses by the entrepreneurs. 6 PPCs are also proposed to be set up at Nagaon, Badarpur, Tinsukia, Barapani, Krishnai and Kajalgaon which will provide facilities for primary processing and storage near the farms.
Badal said that the Mega Food Park will leverage an additional investment of about Rs. 250 crore in 30-35 food processing units in the Park and generate a turnover of about Rs. 450-500 Crore annually.
In his speech, Rijiju said that the Mega Food Park shall go a long way in helping the farmers of the North East. He said that the NE Region has great potential for Food Processing and the Government has taken many steps to promote the Food Processing sector as well as Organic Farming in the region.
A Bengaluru based healthcare company ITIE Knowledge Solutions has launched a portable digital X ray machine, in a joint venture with a South Korean company called HDT. This machine, equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI), can help doctors monitor the health of covid-19 infected patients and also diagnose early infections in patients.
Speaking to the media today, Dr. Sanjeev Kubakaddi, Founder, ITIE Knowledge Solutions said, “The covid-19 infection first attacks the respiratory system in humans and hence our solution will be very helpful to do large scale scanning. This digital X-Ray device, which works with AI technology, detects the Pneumonia percentage level of the patients...
Tinsukia: A relief camp inmate in Baghjan area allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on Saturday sending shock and anger across the state.
The incident took place after the inmate has been remaining upset over nonreceipt of compensation from the authorities since the gas well inferno reduced his houses and properties to ashes.
According to allegations, only 35 families have received Rs 30,000 each as ex Gratia from Oil India Ltd, and the remaining families have yet to receive any ex Gratia except the relief materials even as the inferno has yet to die out.
Dhubri: A high voltage drama has rattled the entire police force where Dhubri SP was transferred at the instance Chief Minister on Friday.
The entire scheme of things took place on Wednesday night when Dhubri police arrested a television journalist Rajiv Sarma on the basis of District Forest Officer Biswajit Ray.
Police arrested Sarma as he was attending his ailing father who died after Rajiv was taken away to the police station sending shock and anger across the state.
A local court, however, sent him on bail to complete his father's cremation.
For the last couple of months, Rajiv has been focussing a notorious cattle smuggling racket in the district bordering...
An International Webinar Series -2 on the Theme: "Bamboo: a potential resource for the uplifting rural economy in post-COVID pandemic situation in Northeast Inda” was held on 10th July 2020 organised by “2020 INDIA TAIWAN GLOBAL BAMBOO TECH FORUM” in association with Gauhati University, Assam and Japan Bamboo Society as Knowledge partners. This was an initiative of SABF and National Cheng Chung University, Taiwan to expand bamboo cooperation and develop the bamboo industry towards achieving the SDG of United nations globally. The Webinar was started with the welcome speech by Dr. Long-Chuan Lu, Professor, Marketing and Director, Marketing Strategy and Innovation Research Centre, National...
PEN Delhi expresses its deep concern at the intimidation that Patricia Mukhim, editor of The Shillong Times, is being subjected to for her opposition to the violence against non-tribals in Meghalaya. A complaint has been filed by Lawsohtun Dorbar Shnong, the traditional local body, with the Shillong police, against Mukhim, charging her with defaming the Khasi community and creating communal enmity between communities.
The complaint claims that the case against her is made out under sections 153A, 505 and 499 of the Indian Penal Code. The demand to initiate criminal proceedings against Patricia Mukhim was made after she wrote a post on her Facebook page about an attack on a group of...
Guwahati: BJP MLA from Hojai Shiladitya Dev will quit the ruling party on Tuesday alleging utter in discipline inside the party.
Dev told media on Sunday that utter in discipline would put the party in dire straits in the future.
"On a number of occasions, I brought many things to the notice of the party leadership. But of no avail. I feel it's better to take retirement from the party, " said Dec.
Without naming anybody he said that as of now the party has too many leaders which is why many dedicated leaders have gone nowhere.
Dev said that he has already sent a message of his decision to the state party president Ranjit Das and that he won't join any...
Guwahati : Assam chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had a stock taking video conference with all district authorities in the time of COVID-19.
Sonowal asked Deputy Commissioners to take all possible measures to keep the killer virus at bay.
Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his junior minister Piyush Hazarika were conspicuous by their absence from the meeting on COVID-19.
Sarma along with two senior cabinet ministers on Wednesday reviewed the situation and knockdown in Guwahati at a meeting with chief minister.
The meetings assumed significance after Indian Medical Association and All Assam Medical Students Association alleged utter mismanagement of the menace.
Guwahati: The Indian Medical Association has strongly criticized the COVID19 care and management in Assam and suggested the government to formulate measures taking the medical experts into confidence.
In a letter to health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, IMA's state unit alleged a number of anomalies in the system which why, the number of infected doctors and health workers has gone up on every passing day.
The association further questioned the government's intention on the violation of ICMR guidelines for home treatment of the asymptomic patients.
Professor S B Roy, Chairman of the Indian Institute of Bio-Social Research and Development and Manoj K Das, MD of the North East Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC) are in conversation with Senior Journalist Kaveree Bamzai about how to boost the tribal economy and move past the staggering impact of the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.
Guwahati: As many as 1200 prisoners at the Guwahati Central Jail staged sharna on Saturday demanding release of Akhil Gogoi whom the police arrested 7 months back in a number of cases.
The prisoners thronged near the jail gate and started Sharna and shouted slogans raising their demands.
The further treatened to intensify their demands if the peasant leader is not released under relevant sections of the laws.
Gogoi was jailed under NSA and later police imposed a number of sections to keep him in jail.
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