Skip to content Skip to navigation

Relief camp inmates deprives facilities

By AT Kokrajhar Bureau |

Although schools were reopened from Monday after month long summer vacation across the state,but students along the flood affected areas were deprived from getting educational facilities following washed away road communication,bridges,school complex and houses due to recent heavy floods in Kokrajhar district.

Meanwhile,relief inmates have been facing food crisis and deprives of several facilities in the relief camps.

Flood affected students were peprived from school education along Saralbhanga River at Uttar Patgaon,which the school reopen from Monday after summer vacation.Several villages in Uttar Patgaon area along Saralbhanga River were washed away in recent devastated floods in Kokrajhar district and since then hundreds of flood affected villagers have been taking shelter at relief camps on the END Mataori with facing crisis food stuff as well other relief related materials.

No.246 Guwabari Patgaon LP School was saw locked due to flood affected on Monday as school was reopened after summer vacation and students have left far school going for the day.

Sanendra Mushahary,Ramlal Hazoary,Bihula Wary,Manaj Brahma, flood affected villagers,who are taking shelter in relief camp at Uttar Patgaon told that there is no sufficient food supply from government and district administration since set up of camps along the END Mataori.

‘There were supply of only 9 kgs of rice,200ml mustard oil,250grams of salt,little Dal per family which saw little support for the inmates as 12 days passed away in camps’,inmates said.

School students also have not been able to go school due to washed away of road,bridge,school complex in the village.They alleged that the government and district administration have not been giving sufficient mesaures for the inmates of which why inmates are facing severe miserable condition in the camps.

“Students are not able to attend school due to flood affected along the area as school was reopened from today.We are facing severe hardships in the camps because no sufficient facilities are providing in the area.We will be happy if govt and district administration provide sufficient measures”, said a camp inmate.

Add new comment

Random Stories

Skill development programme held in Udalguri

7 Sep 2017 - 10:18am | AT Staff Reporter
Apart from containing insurgency in Assam Indian Army has been actively involved in social development of the society by undertaking various social welfare initiatives for economic growth including...

Guwahati Police arrest African for having no valid doccuments

27 Aug 2007 - 1:59am | pragmoni
Guwahati: Guwahati police have arrested one Sow Aly, an illegal intruder from an African country Mali on Sunday afternoon from a city hotel for traveling without any valid documents. He has been...

Ganga-Brahmaputra (Tsan-Po)-Meghna basin

5 Nov 2009 - 12:25am | editor
The Brahmaputra (Tsan-Po in Chinese) river originates on the northern slope of the Himalayas in Tibet, China. It flows eastwards for a length of about 1,130 km and then takes a sharp bend towards...

LS poll: AGP list ready by Feb 15

7 Feb 2009 - 3:39pm | editor
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad is gearing up to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The regional party is all set to clear its list of candidates by February 15.According to party senior leaders,...

Other Contents by Author

Acharya Shri Mahashraman eyes peace and unity

Shantidoot Acharya Shri Mahashraman, chief of Jainism has clarion called of peace and unity among society is the only to keep sustainable of development and people’s welfare in the world. Acharya Shri Mahashraman, who has footstepped along with his followers and sadhus in Kokrajhar, heart administration of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in lower Assam, on his part of ‘Ahinsa Yatra’ to spread  peace messages among humans in the world. Acharya stepped in Assam for the first time ever in its Jainism on March 24 through Srirampur of Kokrajhar district after entering West Bengal. Acharya said that building of peace and unity is the prime aim of the Ahinsa Yatra. Peoples’ should keep...

General assembly session preparation

Preparations have got underway to hold the 5th foundation day cum general assembly session of the People's Joint Action Committee for Boroland Movement (PJACBM) at North Kamrup Betbari ME school ground in Baksa district.  Jebraram Mushahary, chief convenor of the committee, addressing the reporters today Prasanti Lodge in Kokrajhar said that the session is organizing on March 30 and 31 with two day programme scheduled to mark the observation of the foundation day of the PJACBM, which is a plateform of separate Bodoland state within Indian territory. He said that the session will discuss about the present status of the Bodoland demand agitation where irrespective of organization,...

Observer training

The training for the Micro Observers appointed for 31- Sidli LAC was held at Chirang  DC office on Monday. Among others, the training was attended by General Observer Priyatu Mandal, Expenditure Observer Joginder Singh and Chirang DC and RO Rupak Kumar Mazumder. Highlighting the guidelines on the role and responsibilities, the DC Mazumder said that Micro Observer is a special job profile created under the guidelines of the ECI and asked all to oversee the overall election process of the polling booths asigned to them and keep in touch with the General ElectionObserver and him. He appealed everyone to be conversant with laws and rules related to election on the day of poll as per the...

Thunderstorm kills 2, injures 4

Two persons killed and four others received serious injured following thunderstorm's hit at various places in Kokrajhar district on Monday morning.  The thunderstorm struck which took place around 8.30 am this morning leaving  two lives lost,  besides injured four persons in different places in Kokrajhar district. The incident took place in different places in  the district which claimed two lives and injured four others.The injures were immediately rushed to Kokrajhar RNB civil hospital.  The casualties were identified as Suddo Daimary, 27, of Bhadrampur and Kishore Basumatary, 20, of Athiabari. The injures have been identified as Odali Narzary(New Sutarpara),...

Election preparation in full swing in Kokrajhar

The different parties and organisations have been become busy in campaigning in support of their candidates in the various districts of the BTAD region including Kokrajhar. BTC executive member Rajib Brahma,BPF leader Narayan Chandra Basumatary hold election campaign at Bheltari village for Kokrajhar east LAC BPF candidate Pramila Rani Brahma on Sunday. Brahma while addressing the well attended meeting said that BPF party has been contesting in all 13 seats of the BTAD alliance with BJP and this time party candidates are winning in all contesting seats.He said that irrespective of caste,creed,languages are supporting the party that is why party’s winning as well government formation at...

Poll campaigns get momentum

With just few days left to the scheduled assembly elections on April 4 and 11 next, campaigning from different parties for their candidates saw more gathered momentum among common voters in the region.  Former minister, sitting MLA and BPF candidate for 31-Sidli LAC Chandan Brahma campaigned in support of his candidature at Simlaguri, Laltari area on Saturday along with alliance partnar AGP MLA Pani Bhusan Choudhury in Kokrajhar district.  Brahma has claimed that he and his party is winning in all 13 contesting seats in the region and government would be formed by BPF, AGP and BJP, no doubt. He said that his party was working for all round development of the common publics....

KLO cadre arrested

Security forces continue its intensying operation in the area ahead assembly election. Another cadre Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) was apprehended today from Harigaon area under Kokrajhar PS. He was identified as Kiren Ray (22) of Balagaon Part-I, who was involved with extortion,arms peddling,kidnapping and logistic spports to the outfit organisation. A pistol, two live bullets was recovered from him.

28 in the fray in BTAD constituencies

Two independent candidates, one each from 28-Gossaigaon LAC and 31-Sidli LAC have withdrawn their nominations today and 28 candidates are in fray from four constituencies of Kokrajhar and Chirang district to contest the scheduled assembly election on April 11 next. Sajal Sigha, independent candidate from Gossaigaon LAC and Tapan Kumar Rabha, independent have withdrawn their nomination papers on the last day of withdrawal today. In 30-Kokrajhar east LAC, six candidates are in fray to contest the election, who are included Pramila Rani Brahma(BPF),Manu Borgoyary(AIUDF),Pratibha Brahma(UPP),Basanta Medhi(Independent),Ajay Kumar Narzary(Independent) and Rajesh Narzary(Independent). In 29-...

Wild elephant kills 1

A 12-years-old youth identified as Som Soren of Santipur Ultapani was died on the spot and another received serious injured following trampled by wild elephant late last night at Ultapani along the Indo-Bhutan border area in Kokrajhar district.  According to villagers, a herd of 4 wild elephants reached the No.2 Santipur village late last night and attacked the villagers where the youth was died on the spot and another received serious injured. The injure was immediately rushed to Kokrajhar RNB civil hospital. He was identified as Kistu Kisku (18) of Santipur.  Sitting MLA and BPF candidate for Kokrajhar east LAC Pramila Rani Brahma visited the spot to take stock of the incident...

Hagrama Mohilary reacts on NDFB-S

BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary, who is also BPF president reacting to the NDFB-S remarks of note to vote for BJP and AGP in the ensuing assembly election termed that it was meaningless.  Mohilary, addressing the reporters today in Kokrajhar said that the remarks reach from the militant outfit was meaningless for the state. The militant outfit urged to vote against BJP and AGP in the assembly election citating insincerity attitude from BJP party towards Bodo and indigenous people after NDA voted to power at the centre in 2014 Lok Sabha election.  Mohilary said that threatens not to vote for BJP and AGP from the militant outfit would not be affected to the common voter's in the...