Normal life remains heavily disrupted in Dibrugarh on Friday following the 12 hour long bandh in protest against the Silapothar incident where NBBUSS workers attacked a local AASU office on Monday.
Roads in the entire district wore a desert look where all vehicles were off. All shops and markers, schools and colleges, banks and offices remained closed under the impact of the bandh.
A section of bandh supporters enforced the bandh by burning tyre on the streets and burnt the effigy of Soobodh Biswas who is on the run.
The government,however, announced Rs 1 lakh reward if his where about is informed to police.
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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