Sonapur : One person has been killed and many injured when one bus and one truck collided at 8 pm on Tuesday at Sonapur near Guwahati in NH 37.
The person who has been killed has been identified as Dhal Chetri, Age 35 years. Many of the injured are in critical conditions and have been admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital.
The critically injured people are Arun Vaidya of Sapekhati, Prakash Choudhury ( location unknown) . Sajad Ahmed of Bokakhat, Pranjit Dutta of Birubari in Guwahati, Daulat Singh and Mrs Pabitri Singh of Nepal.
PermalinkSubmitted by abhijit singha on Sun, 24/02/2008 - 11:13
This incident only reinforces our belief that value of life in India and Assam in particular is dismally low, our roads are unsafe , our drivers are bereft of responsibilities, our vehicles are unfit.... who do we turn to then to help us undergo a safe journey
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Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday said that for the first times, the Centre will get fund to address the erosion confronting the flood-hit states for the last couple of decades. Addressing a press conference in Dispur on Tuesday, the chief minister said that the prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday had agreed to clear the funds to mitigate the misery of the post—flood situation.’The prime minister has already issued necessary instructions to the planning commission. Taking potshot at AGP and BJP, Gogoi said that NDA in Centre and AGP in the state did precious little to contain the situation during their tenures.
Veteran Congressman and former chief minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman is undergoing treatment at GNRC hospital after he was rushed to it following complaints of breathing difficulties and heart ailment. Doctors said that Dr Barman is in stable condition. A team of GNRC is attending on the doctor-turned politician.
Pranab Mukherjee will be on two days visit to Guwahati on July 6 to campaign for the presidential polls slated for July 19. According to information, the former union minister is scheduled to arrive Guwahati in the afternoon to attend a meeting of Congress and like minded party leaders at Machkhowa,ITA. After spending in Guwahati for the night the veteran Congressman will leave for Agartala on July 7. Congress leaders from Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya are scheduled to attend the Machkhowa meeting.
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