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 have been identified as Pankaj Medhi and Pranab Kalita, who carried the copies of The Telegraph, a prominent English daily newspaper of eastern India, to eastern Assam from Guwahati. The JFA, in a statement issued by its president Rupam Barua and secretary Nava Thakuria, also appealed to the Kolkata based management of The Telegraph to compensate the families of victims adequately, as they died on duty hours. Moreover, the forum has urged Assam government to create a corpus fund to compensate all victims of circumstances belonging to the media in addition to the respective managements.
Guwahati. WWF-India Assam State Office organized an evening program at Dighali pukhuri park with a walkathon and a performance by WWF volunteers and Assam Earth Hour Influencer Arghadeep Baruah and his band, "Bottle Rockets India", who performed using solar lights and candles on March 25.
In addition to these landmarks, the Hon’ble Governor of Assam, Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, issued a written message appealing to citizens to join in observing Earth Hour. Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma also participated by working with candlelight at Janata Bhavan. The Education Department of Assam supported Earth Hour by advising schools to participate in the campaign.
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