Shankardev Shishu Vidya Niketan School at Dadara near Hajo is ready to get another facelift with the financial support from Guwahati Round Table 235, the Guwahati chapter of Round Table India (www.roundtableindia.org). The completed phase two section, comprising three classrooms, verandah & staircases with a total area of 2,750 square feet, will be inaugurated on 8 January next. Kamrup (rural) district magistrate Vinod Seshan has consented to inaugurate phase two part on Sunday in presence of district police chief PS Mahanta. “The foundation stone for development was laid on the 7 February 2016, where the project was planned to be completed in a phased manner with the first phase has already been completed. It was inaugurated by Assam education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma,” informed Parveen Goyal, chief of Guwahati Round Table 235.
Addressing the media persons on Wednesday, Goyal also added that they would soonstart the construction of phase three and expected to get it completed by the end of 2017. He described his mother organization as a non-religious and non-political entity. The Round Table India has over 4,500 chapters across the country comprising young businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and other professionals. Mukesh Chokhani, secretary to the Guwahati chapter of Round Table India disclosed that they adopted the Dadara Shishu Niketan school under its flagship freedom through education project. He also added that they planned to develop around 10,500 sqft in the school premises with a total outlay of rupees 80 Lakhs.
Project conveners Avishek Kejriwal, Shwet Agarwal, Rahul Sethi with few others were also present on the occasion. Soon after the press meet the Guwahati Round Table 235 office bearers donated two galvanized steel chairs for Guwahati Press Club, which were accepted by the GPC secretary Nava Thakuria in presence of other member-journalists.
The All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam is likely to hit the streets again with indefinite road blockade if the government fails to ensure a revised daily wage amount Talking to Assam Times, AASAA officials say that they would block the transportation of tea products across the state if the government downplays the demand. They said the wage advisory board in its meeting on May 15 and 16 suggested a slew of measures to fix the revised wages for the workers. But of no avail.
Flood waters have posed no less threat to wash away Kaziranga and Dibru-Saikhowa with uninterrupted rains on Wednesday A sizeable portion of the abode of one horn rhino has come under the flood forcing the birds and animals to leave the low laying areas.The deer, rhinos, buffalos, tigers and elephants have already moved to the nearby Karbi hills.Same it is in the Dibru-Saikhowa National after it came under the surging waters of the Brahmaputra.
The overall flood scene goes from bad to worse on Wednesday when the surging waters have submerged more areas in 7 districts. The Brahmaputra and its tributaries have been flowing above the danger level suggesting that it tends to take more grave turn. The rising water level have breached embankments, inundated villages and damaged crop apart from rendering over 1 lakh people homeless.According to the State Disaster Management Authority, the first wave of flood has affected 18 revenue circles in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji in eastern Assam, where nearly 45,000 people were affected by the overflowing rivers.Tinsukia is hit by the incessant rains forcing the authorities to set up three relief...
Security forces claimed to have killed at least 30 militants during the ongoing operation along the Indo-Myanmar border a week after NSCN-K killed 20 army men in the Manipur ambush.Army calls it the biggest ever operation along the border following diplomatic consent from Myanmar. The authorities claimed to have busted two camps during the last 48 hours.But the deceased militants have yet to be identified raising doubts over the claims of success. According to reports, the Centre has rushed security forces on Mi-17 helicopters from the Army's 21 Para (Special Forces) along with Assam Rifles to the places bordering Myanmar. The commandoes had to proceed on foot to raid two camps...
Finally the agitating special police officers have started staging dharna in Guwahati along with their family members on Tuesday.Accompanied by their wives and children the SPOs started dharna at Dighalipukhuri from morning reiterating their demands. Security forces deployed in the dharna site find it quite difficult to disperse the agitators in presence of their wives and children. “We will not bow down. We will keep agitating along with the family members. The government may arrest our leaders. But we are there to foil the bid to stop the protest,” said the agitators.Another agitator said, “We will not halt. But in the same breath we don’t want the government to force us take up...
Flood situation refuses to improve on Tuesday following incessant rains in Arunachal Pradesh for the last couple of days.The Brahmaputra and its tributaries are flowing above the danger mark in several places. The situation is likely to take a grim turn if the rain refuse to halt.Some new areas in Barpeta, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Bongaigaon, Lakhimpur, Darrang, Tinsukia, Nalbari and Goalpara districts have come under the surging waters leaving over 1 lakh people homeless.
Caught in a controversy, Dispur has replaced the state secondary education board chairman a day after the organization failed to issue the HSLC market sheets.Senior IAS officer Thaneswar Malakar on Tuesday replaced Minakhi Sundaram as SEBA chairman a week after the HSLC results were announced without issuing the market sheets.Sundaram was replaced when he differed with education minister Sarat Barkataky on several occasions earlier.
Caught in a crucial juncture police have arrested SPO secretary Mritunjoy Bora on Tuesday hours before their organization was to start fast unto death in the city.According to information, police have arrested Bora from Paltanbazar in the wee hours as he was preparing to organize the strike at Dihgalipukhuri raising their demands. But the remaining officials are still firm on their demands saying that they will proceed.
Over 30 people had a narrow escape in Guwahati when the bus carrying them stopped just before overcoming a portion of a flyover which developed a huge crack on Tuesday.It took place in the morning when the driver of the bus from Dibrugarh stopped as he came to spot the huge crack in the middle of the flyover at Eightmile area just a stone’s throw distance from Khanapara. This has forced the authorities to restricted the movement of all vehicles from early in the morning. Local residents and organizations blamed it all on the sub standard construction quality of the flyover on the East West corridor.
Amid controversy over the utilization of central funds, Governor PB Acharya is on a sudden visit to Haflong on Tuesday sensing no less surprise inside and outside the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council. Sources told Assam Times that the governor will visit the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council where he is scheduled to examine a number of files pertaining to allocation of central funds and implementation of some crucial schemes.
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