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Congress retained power in Nazira and Simaluguri town civic poll

Rulling Congress party candidates captured all 10 seats of Nazira Municipalty & 3 seats of Simaluguri town committe in the civic pool this year. One seat of Simaluguri goes to the independent candidate. Horse trading for the posts of Chairman and Vice-chairman for the both Nazira and Simaluguri town is going on. Jugash Borgohain may be the Chairman of Nazira Municipalty.

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Gas is leaking from ONGC's GGS no. 3 at Gelakey-Athkhel in Sivasagar district which is creating panic in the sorrunding areas. The Freelance journalist association of Nazira has informed ONGC and the Gelakey police station.
The Nazira Civil administration is fully prepared for the ensuing Assambly Election  2016. There are 1,18,794 voters in the constituency with 159 nos. polling stations. For free and fair election at Nazira constituency the Election Commission recruits 4 Divisional officers,16 sector officers and 600 polling officers. Central election observer  R. B. Prajapoti and election expenditure observer Noresh Bundal monitoring the electrol process and progress.
Congress party is gearing up for the upcoming poll in Nazira slated for April 4. Party candidate and sitting MLA Debabrate Saikia met  party workers and asked them to work hard in grassroot level. A party workers meeting was held on Wednesday at Saikia's residence. 
Alleging about the neglect and deprivation faced  by the Ahom community of Nazira constituency the Members of the All Assam Tai Ahom burnt effigies of BJP state president Sarbananda Sonowal and MP  Kamakhya Prashad Tasa in front of the Nazira BJP office.  They raised slogans against the party and held that due to a conspiracy between Sonowal and Tasa the Ahom community of Nazira remains depraved. Despite having the majority number of voters, candidates of Ahom descent never chanced to contest from Nazira constituency they added.
Freedom Fighters Rest House 'Bapuji Bhavan' was innugurated by the former minister Dr Hemoprova Saikia  at Nazira on Wednesday.
Welcome gate to the historic Nazira Sub divison as been constructed and inaugurated at a public meeting on Friday. The gate was constructed with MLA development fund of Nazira  at a total cost of around  51 Lakhs.  
The Nazira District Konch Rajbanshi Sonmiloni observed the 506th Mahavir Chilarai Divas  with a day long programme at Nazira on February 22. On this occation a drawing competition was organised among the school  students.  In afternoon a public meeting was held under the presidentshp of  Moneshwar Dutta, where President of the  AASU Sivasagar district unit  Ashim Dutta, AGP Leader Tulsi Gogoi etc. were present alongwith other dignatories.
In the memory of the Cultural icon of Assam Rupkunwar Jyotiprashad Agarwala, the  Nazira Anchalik Sahitya Xobha observed Shilpi Divas with a day long programme at Nazira on Sunday. On this occasion competitions and a seminer was organised.
A meeting on child protection was held at at Kenduri LP School, Simaluguri on Saturday. Social worker Manika Saikia, child protection officer of Sivasagar district Dibya Deori, SDPO of Nazira Rajendra Uzza, president of Nazira Mahkuma Mahila Spmmittee Dibyajyoti Gohain, Secretary of the NGO PRAGATI  Nirjumoni gogoi, Secretary of the freelance journalist association of Nazira Dilip Hazarika took part in the programme. The programme was organised under the "Mukhya mamtrir Sunali Soishab Prakalpa - Surokhayat sishu, surokhayata Axom yojona" by Nazira Mohkuma Mahila Sommittee and the Pragati.
A two-days-long 15th annual conference of the Sivasagar district All Assam Students Union (AASU) was held at Maut Gaon, Simaluguri on on January 4-5. The new executive committee  was formed in this conferance with Samiron Phukon became the general secretary and Ashim Dutta as the new president. Members of Nazira Anchalik AASU Unit walked out from the repeesentatives meetings due to the internal disputes.